desveiement (s.xii1)
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desveiement (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  via 14,374b Gdf:  desvoiement 2,681a GdfC: ∅ TL: desvoiement 2,1820 DEAF:  voie (desvoiement)  DMF:  dévoiement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
desveement,  desvoiement;  deveement  

s.

1wilderness, pathless waste: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) folier fist els en desveiement e neient en veie (Latin:  errare fecit eos in invio et non in via)  109.106.40
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  que il purvuchassent le Halt en desvoiement (Latin: in invio)  139.LXXVII.17
pur sun desveiement
1in order to mislead one: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Or quide bien Rigmel ke seit deceivement E qu’il respunde si pur sun desveiement  846
sanz nul desveiement
1without evasion: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Jol vus dirrai de gré sanz nul desveiement  2255
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