tenceresse (1136-65)

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tenceresse (1136-65)

[gdw]

[FEW: 13/i,228b *tentiare; Gdf: 7,672c tenceor (tenceresse); GdfC: ; TL: 10,186 tenceresse; DEAF:  tencier (tenceresse); DMF:  tanceresse; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
tenseresse,  tenteresse (l. tenceresse)  259  

s.f.

1femalescold, woman who is given to scolding or quarrelling
( 1382 ) si ascun homme ou femme soit atteint pur tensour ou tenseresse, soit amesnez al thewe [...]  349
commune tenceresse
1femalelawcommon scold, woman who disturbs the peace by scolding or quarrelling
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) femmes qe sunt communs tenceresses entre lour veysins, e qe ne velent lour mavoyses launges chastier  164
( MS: 1419 ) [...] qe nulle femme de fole vye, baude, putere, ne comune tenseresse, ne soit resident en la garde  332

a.f.

1quarrelsome, contentious, argumentative
( 1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) De la tenceresse moillier [...]  11709
( c.1180; MS: s.xiii2 ) D’un vilein cunte ki aveit Une femme qu’il mut cremeit, Kar ele esteit mut felunesse, De mal part e tenceresse  344.95.4
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Mais plus encore fait le rage Du male femme tenceresse  4122
tençable  tençance  tence#1  tencement#1  tencement#2  tencer#1  tencerie  tencif  tençonus  tençour  tençous  tençun  tençur 
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tenceresse