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serventeis (1160-74)
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serventeis (1160-74)

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  FEW:  serviens 11,534a Gdf:  serventois 7,401a GdfC: ∅ TL: serventois 9,560 DEAF:  serventois  DMF:  serventois  TLF:  serventois  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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literature serventois, type of satirical or moral verse: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Mais or puis jeo [...] Livres escrire e translater, Faire rumanz e serventeis  Rom de Rou wace i 167.153
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Kant court hantey[e] of les curteis, Si fesei[e] les serventeis, Chaunceunettes, rymes, saluz  S Edm Life ANTS 6

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