sailleresse (s.xiii)
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sailleresse (s.xiii)

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[FEW: 11,95a salire; Gdf: 7,286b sailleor (sailleresse); GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  sailir (sailleresse); DMF:  sailleresse; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2915b saltatrix /2916b saltrix]
salieresse  

s.f.

1femaledancedancer (in reference to Salome; cf. Mark 6.21-9): 
( MS: s.xiii )  saltrix: salieresse  173
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Quant [Herod] al saint le chief fit colper Et a sa sailleresse =Salome [fist] bailler [...]  662
saillie  saillir  saillur  salt#1  saltele  salteler  salterele  saltur  sauter#1 
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