bassesce (s.xii1)
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bassesce (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  bassus 1,274b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  bassesse 8,299c TL: bassece 1,861 DEAF:  bas (bassesse)  DMF:  bassesse  TLF:  bassesse  OED:  baseness n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  bassitudo 185c
basece,  bassece;  bessece  

s.

1lowness, baseness: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Nus devum Deu en haut loer, Nient en bassesce de peccher  1949
2lowliness: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  en tele manere [...] est humilité [...] amur [...] de basseté (var. (BN: s.xivin) basece)  3.26 (var.)
3 geog. hollow, depth: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) il enterrunt es basseces de la terre  78.62.9
baseté 
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