1adulterous, unfaithful, engaging in sexual intercourse outside of marriage:
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Le siste
(=Commandment) nul hom occire n’a tort juger, Le setme que nuls ne seit avulterin
(var. (E: s.xiiim) avoterin)
(B) 2320
2theol.(of faith) unorthodox, unauthorized, false:
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
sumes estrait de fole gent de avoiltrine creance
ii 23
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