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femaleconcubine, woman who cohabits with a man outside of marriage:
(
c.1292;
MS: c.1300
)
par quei ley ne tient les autres femmes for qe essomauntes
(l. essoinaunte) (var.
(N: c.1300) essoinauntes;
(S: s.xiv1/3) essoynantes
) et concubines
ii 241
(
c.1292;
MS: c.1300
)
Car a un soul est ele femme, et as autres essomaunte
(l. essoinaunte) (var.
(D: c.1300) essoniaunte (l. essoinaunte)
) et concubine
ii 242
[essoignante] (c.1292)