coveitie (c.1136-65)
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coveitie (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: *2/ii,1552a cupiditas; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  covoit (covoitie); DMF:  convoitie; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
covaitie,  coveitet;  cuvaitie,  cuveitie  

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1covetousness, cupidity: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  envire e coveitet  642
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Cuvaitie touz mals atise  2048
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  il duble le son pecché Quant par bosoign ne mesprent mie Mais pur emplir sa covaitie  58
♦keen desire: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  ki de amer ad cuvaitie, Dame u pucele eschevie, La (=in heaven) est la bele cumpainie  2676
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  pur lur seinte cuveitie Od li (=J.C.) sunt en durable vie  145ra12
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