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vedve (1190-93)
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vedve (1190-93)

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veudve,  vefve,  veufve;  vidve,  vidwe;  veve,  vewe,  vive;  veef,  veof;  veove,  voeve  (veute  LANGETON 259.14,  vesfe  Lum Lais ANTS 11364 (C),  vesve,  vidiuve  Salemon 1399,  viduze  SAMPS2 (A) 98,  viev  Rot Parl1 iii 565,  view  Rot Parl1 iii 630)  

s.

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

a.

widow(ed): 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Une vesve (l. l. vefve?) femme  S Audree1 3472
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  cum bien il eynt pris pur vedves femmes dower  BRITT i 86
( 1326-27 )  Dames vedves  Rot Parl1 ii 6
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  chescune baronesse veef  Anon Chr1 127.7
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