1
theol.
female
(of God, the Devil, etc.) female servant, follower:
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xiv1
)
Serve suy A mon segnour dulce Jhesu
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
i 197
(
c.1292;
MS: c.1300
)
puis qe acun serf ou acune serfve soit une foiz fraunc
i 199
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
Ceux sunt serfs qe sont engendrez de serfs e nez de serve
77
serve1 (c.1292)