mamon (c.1136-65)
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mamon (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: 6/i,135b mammona; Gdf: 5,131c mammone; GdfC: ∅; TL: 5,1004 mamoné; DEAF:  mamoné; DMF:  mammona / mamonne; TLF: ∅; OED:  Mammon n.; MED:  Mammon n.; DMLBS: 1698a mammona ]
mammon,  mammona,  mamoné,  mammoné  

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1theol.Mammon, desire for wealth: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Mamon est nomez‚ li diable Ki de richeises est gardable  5187
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Franchise pense bien ceal, Que du malvoise mammona Dieu commanda q’om face amys Et q’om son tresor comblera El ciel  16190
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