tenvesce (c.1230)

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tenvesce (c.1230)

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[FEW: 13/i,230a tenuis; Gdf: 7,684a tenvesse; GdfC: ; TL: 10,240 tenvece; DEAF:  tenve (tenvece); DMF:  ténuesse / tenvesse; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
tenvesse  

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1thinness
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 ) the cause of earthquakes: Li venz deden les crus rebutent, E sa =earth's tenvesse tut derutent  1510
2(of liquid) thinness, runniness
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 ) La mer ke en un liu estait, De la chalur amerté trait, Ke la duçur tute ravist E sa tenvesce tute sechist  1612
( s.xiiim?; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) ce puet l'en conoistre par la tenvesce de l'urine et par le inanition dou pous  ii 29
tenve  tenvement  tenvet  tenveté  tenvir 
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