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sodomie (c.1200)

sodomie (c.1200)

sodemie,  sodomye  
  FEW:  Sodomita 12,22b Gdf: GdfC:  sodomie 10,681b TL: sodomie 9,704 DEAF:  sodomite (sodomie)  DMF:  sodomie  TLF:  sodomie  OED:  sodomy n.  MED:  sodomi(e n.  DMLBS:  sodomia 3112c

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theol. sodomy, form of sexual intercourse considered sinful
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  A grant ordure il ad doné sa vie, Ceo est numeement a sodomie  Anc Test (B) 13677
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Crim de majesté est un peccé horrible fet a rei [...] Ver le rei de cel en .iij. maneres, par heresie, reneierie, e sodemie  Mir Just 15.v
( s.xiv2/3; MS: s.xivex )  Et au derrain il devint si malveis homme q'il lessa sa femme demene et haunta le pecché de sodomye  Brut Prose (1332) 42.343
law charge of sodomy
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Corouners soleient ausi fere lur veuues en sodomies  Mir Just 32

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See also:

sodomien  sodomite  sodomitein  sodomiterie 
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sodomie