devoideresse (s.xiii1)
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devoideresse (s.xiii1)

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  FEW:  *vocitus 14,594a Gdf:  desvuideresse 2,683a GdfC: ∅ TL: desvuideresse 2,1824 DEAF:  vuit (desvuiderresse)  DMF:  dévideresse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
deveuderesse,  devuderesse,  devouderesse  

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1domesticoccupationfemalewoman who winds off thread, spinster: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  devacuatrices: deveuderesses  19
( MS: s.xiiiex )  devacuatrices gallice: devoideresses  25
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Devacuatrices gloss: (C) les devoideresses, þe wynderes (var. (L: s.xiii) devotueres ) sunt que devacuant fila serica et mulieres aurisece [...]  ii 140.69
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