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serve1 (c.1292)
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serve1 (c.1292)

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serfve  
  FEW:  servus 11,548b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: serve 9,560 DEAF:  servir (serve)  DMF:  serve 1  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  servus 2 (serva) 3055a

s.f.

1 theol. female (of God, the Devil, etc.) female servant, follower: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Serve suy A mon segnour dulce Jhesu  boz Seven Poems 107.51
2 status occupation female female serf, villein, labourer who is unfree and bound to the soil: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  celi ausi ne serra mie serf, qi serra engendré de une serve en matrimonie mes qe le piere soit fraunc  BRITT i 197
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  puis qe acun serf ou acune serfve soit une foiz fraunc  BRITT i 199
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Ceux sunt serfs qe sont engendrez de serfs e nez de serve  Mir Just 77

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See also:

serf1  servage  servager  servant1  servante1  servantie  serviable  servil  serviour  servir  servisable  servisant  servise1  servitia  servitur  servitute 
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