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spee (1155-60)

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spee (1155-60)

spé,  spei,  speie,  spethe,  spey,  speye  
  FEW:  spatha 12,140a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  espee (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  spatha 3144a

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1weaponssword, blade
( MS: 1155-60 ) Si je aguiserai sicume fuldre la meie spethe (Latin: gladium meum)  Camb Ps 278.61
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 ) Pur ço ad Deu sun arc tendu, Sa spee crolle en sa vertu  S Edw barking 4764
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 ) O cele spee qui flamboie Si liu defendez tres bien la voie  Adam2 517
( MS: s.xiii ) cum lignea spata: (L) spey de trefe (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) ov le clise de fusz, espeye de fust; (C: s.xiiiex) speye, esclyce )  TLL ii 139-40.67
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim ) S’a ma spee li peusse un colp doner, Venger serreie  Ch Guill 1917
( 1344 ) Et n'est mye l'entencion nostre seignur le roi qe chescun count et baroun peuse aver sa speye portez od lui aillours qe en la presence le roi  Rot Parl1 ii 146
2weaponsspear (?)
( MS: s.xii2 ) venabulum: barspere, spé  Aelfric Gloss 39.44

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espee 
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