dreitel (s.xivin)
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dreitel (s.xivin)

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  FEW:  directus *3,89a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  droit (droitel)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
droytel, 
c.s. dreitus  

a.

1lawlawful: 
( 1313-14 )  avowe la prise bone et dreitele  Ed II viii 195
( 1330-31 )  avowa la prise bone et droytel  153
2 just, righteous: 
( s.xivin; MS: c.1330 )  'Sire', font ils, 'par le serement qe nous avoms fet, le lou est sages e corteys e dreitus en ses fetz'  77 (MS B)
dreit 
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