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[tapisance] (s.xiv1 (?))

The form tapeisauns is a cross reference to the following entry:

[tapisance] (s.xiv1 (?))

tapeisauns  
  FEW:  *tappjan *17,307b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  tapin 1 (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

The word is otherwise unattested, and might also be interpreted as a deviant plural spelling of tapison or even (without accounting for the final s) as a nominal use of the present participle of tapir1.

s.

en tapisance
in hiding
( s.xiv1?; MS: s.xivex ) A qy tant come il demora issi en Engletere en tapeisauns, si troverent a ly totes ses necessaries honestement  Three Chronicles 13.344

[hp+gdw]

See also:

tapie1  tapin  tapinage  tapiner1  tapir1  tapison  tapissantment 
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