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spense (1300)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: *3,308a expensa; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  espense (*); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  spence n.1; MED:  spens(e n.2; DMLBS: 3153a spensa ]
spence,  spens  

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1domesticarchit.pantry, store room for food and beverages: 
( 1341 ) Item, en le chaumbre: un huche graunde. Item, en le spense une toune pur pain et un aultre pur aveines  249.5
( 1410 ) une sale, un spence et un cusyne pur chescun mansion des ditz trois shopes  484
( 1411-12 ) pur l'amendement del rippure del chambre et l'amendement del quisine et spense [...]  295 (13 Henry IV)
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1300 )  Simon del Spens  Spence
expens 
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