laidesce (c.1136-65)

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laidesce (c.1136-65)

[gdw]

[ FEW: 16,439b *laiþ; Gdf: 4,697a laidece; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF:  laidesse; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
leidesce,  leidesse;  ledece,  ledesce,  ledesse;  lezdesse,  laece  1605  

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1ugliness
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Poi doutot laidesce foreine Por q'eust beauté dedenzeine  15399
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Vus avrez en cors beauté sanz ledesse (var. ledesce)  (A) 18.3
med.disfigurement, blotch
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Quant out fa[it] de la croiz signacle (over the ulcers and swellings of an ill person) [...] Cesse li maus e la puur, La leidesse e la dolur  2673
anat.private parts
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1255 )  garde ses vestemenz, ke il ne voaise nu, que l’en ne voie sa lezdesse (Latin: ne nudus ambulet et videant turpitudinem)  85
2theol.evil, wickedness
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Pur ço valt mielz poi od leesce Ke molz fruiz ne funt od laidesce, Kar dampnable est la manantie  9324
theol.(morally or religiously) evil, objectionable deed
( c.1195; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Trop grant leidesce ferions Se nus ne lur en aidissons  1455
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Ore est a mort trespassé dan Semei Pur leidesce qu'il fist al rei Davi  (E) 12396
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  n'est ordesce, Pecché, ne vice, ne laidesce  5261
offence, insult
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Levre menterresse repont Haenge ki son cors confunt. Ki dit laidesce senz deserte, Folx est si'n pot venir a perte  6161
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  (the hateful) a ses (=God's) serganz en funt reproces Quant les apelent a ses noces, E nient sul laidesces lur dient, Mais par envie les occient  160vb1
laid  laidenge  laideté  laidir  laidure 
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