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sorceresse (c.1200)
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sorceresse (c.1200)

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sorceresce,  sorcieresse,  sorseresse  
  FEW:  sors 12,120b Gdf:  sorceresse 7,478c GdfC: ∅ TL: sorceresse 9,870 DEAF:  sort 1 (sorceresse)  DMF:  sorceresse  TLF: ∅ OED:  sorceress n.  MED:  sorceresse n.  DMLBS: ∅

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femalesorceress, woman who practises sorcery or witchcraft: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 ) La sorceresce (= who resuscitates Samuel from death) entent qu'il est suspris  Anc Test (E) 8430
( MS: s.xiii2 ) saga: (A) sorseresse  TLL ii 17
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) de sorciers et de sorceresses  BRITT i 179
( 1343-50; MS: 1343-50 ) Lors fist le roy prendre une des mauvaises sorceresses et la fist mettre en graunt destresse  Cron Lond1 4.5
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 ) De la roigne auxi et de la duchesse, d'autrez damez et de la countesse, de la soer et sorceresse, de lez veillez, vewes et virgines  Man lang ANTS 79.15

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See also:

sorceier  sorcelure  sorcer  sorcere  sorcerere  sorcerie  sort1  sortir  sortiseor 
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sorceresse