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vedve (1190-93)

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

vedve (1190-93)

veudve,  vefve,  veufve;  vidve,  vidwe;  veve,  vewe,  vive;  veef,  veof;  veove,  voeve  (veute  259.14 vesfe  11364 (C) vesve,  vidiuve  1399 viduze  (A) 98 viev  iii 565 view  iii 630)  

s.

widow
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  As vedves e as orphanins Fu pere pius  1847
( 1215; MS: 1226 )  [L]a veve (Latin: Vidua) enprés la mort de son mari ...  7
( 1327 )  qe totes les veves aprés la mort lour barouns eyeunt [...] totes les fraunchises qe lour barouns avoient  ii 29
vedve le Roi
lawKing's widow
( 1340-41 )  ele n'est pas veve le Roi par resoun de celes terres  14-15 Ed III 273

a.

widow(ed)
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Une vesve (l. l. vefve?) femme  3472
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  cum bien il eynt pris pur vedves femmes dower  i 86
( 1326-27 )  Dames vedves  ii 6
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  chescune baronesse veef  127.7
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veute