teisance1 (s.xii1)

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teisance1 (s.xii1)

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[FEW: 13/i,27a tacere; Gdf: 7,629a taisance; GdfC: ; TL: 10,55 taisance; DEAF:  taire (taisance); DMF:  taisance; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
taisance;  teisaunce,  tesance,  teysaunce  

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1(state of) keeping silent, remaining mute
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 ) Jeo guarderai ma buche par taisance (Latin: silentio)  67.XXXVIII.2
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 ) Par taisance se guarnisoit Jhesus encontre Judam et encontre les Judeus, car il se taisoit: si lor disoit mie le sacrement de sa passiun  116.33
( MS: s.xiiim ) [...] Li quel trubla tun quor pur ta longe teisance  253
( MS: s.xiiiex ) silentia: (D) teysaunce  ii 169
faire teisance
1to keep silent, remain mute
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 ) Car, se nostre Sire volsist, par une sole parole les peust trestoz destruire. Mais il ne volt: einz fist taisance  116.46
teisantement  teisible  teisiblement  teisibleté  teisir 
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