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tendreté (1360-79)

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tendreté (1360-79)

tendretee  
[FEW: 13/i,207a tener; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,751a tendreté; TL: ; DEAF:  tendre 2 (tendrete); DMF:  tendreté; TLF:  tendreté; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 3401a teneritas]

s.

1softness, tenderness
( s.xiv2; MS: c.1400 ) Posee si un gros pomme soi doné a un enfaunt a manger: par cause de trop tendretee (Latin: pre nimia teneritudine) de soun petit bouche, il ne poit mye mordre  56.2
2frailness, delicateness
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) La tendre femme que son piee Planter au terre n'est osee Pour sa tendresce, temps verra, Qant par suffreite mangera Ses propres filz [...]. Quant de la femme ensi serra, Je croy que l’omme pis avra Que femme pour sa tendreté  5352

[gdw]

See also:

tendre3  tendrement  tendresse  tendret  tendrier  tendrun  tendrur 
This is an AND2 Phase 6 (T-Z) entry. © 2022-25 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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