[scarseté] (s.xiii1)
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[scarseté] (s.xiii1)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 3,270b *excarpsus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  scarcity n.; MED:  scarsete n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
charceté;  scarcetee;  scarcité,  scarsté  

s.

1 scarcity, insufficiency of quantity: 
( 1382 )  le scarcetee qe l'en ad ore de monoie deinz le roiaume  iii 122
( 1425 )  [...] eiant regarde a la feblesse et devastacion de la dite ville, et le scarcité des gentz en mesme la ville demeurantz  iv 309
2 thrift or stinginess: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  frugalitas: (R) charceté  248.70
escharseté  scarse 
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