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sepande (c.1180)

sepande (c.1180)

 
  FEW:  sceppend 17,23b Gdf:  sepande 7,384b GdfC: TL: sepande 9,499 DEAF:  sepande  DMF: TLF: OED:  sheppend n.  MED:  sheppende n.  DMLBS:
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.f.

theol. female goddess, female divinity of creation
( c.1180; MS: s.xiii2 )  As autres escarboz le dist Que lur sepande lur mesfist  MARIE Fables 288.10
( c.1180; MS: s.xiii2 )  A la sepande ala (the hare) parler, Si li cumence a demander Pur quei ne l’ot itel criee E de cornes si aurnee Cum[e] le cerf  MARIE Fables 348.7

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sepande