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transmutacion (c.1292)
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transmutacion (c.1292)

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transmutacioun,  transmutatioun  (transmitacion  Mir Just 163)  
  FEW:  transmutare 13/ii,214b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  transmutation 10,801a TL: transmutacïon 10,533 DEAF:  mutation (transmutacion)  DMF:  transmutation  TLF:  transmutation  OED:  transmutation n.  MED:  transmutacioun n.  DMLBS:  transmutatio 3485a

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transmutation, change: 
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Dieus, qui volt changer en sa guise La sinagoge pour l’eglise, Faisoit la transmutacioun Q’estoit du viele loy assisse, Sique baptesme serroit prise En lieu de circumcisioun  GOWER Mirour 28419
♦lawtransmutation (of possession, title etc.), transfer or change of ownership: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) [...] qe fust en la transmutatioun de la seisine  BRITT ii 136.3
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) chartre supposaunt doun estre fet sanz transmutacioun de seisin est viude  Mir Just 75
( 1313 ) le fait ne suppose mye lees ne doun ne transmutacioun de feffement  YBB Ed II xiv.ii 55
( 1345-46 ) Eschaunges sount de tiel nature q’ils serrount owels, et chesqun garrant autre, et covient d’une part et d’autre aver transmutacion de possessioun  YBB 20.1 Ed III 59

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See also:

mutation  transmuer  transmuter 
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