nonail (s.xiiim)
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nonail (s.xiiim)

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[ FEW: 7,188b nonna; Gdf: 5,524c nonnaile; GdfC: ∅; TL: 6,733 nonail; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
nonaile,  nonal,  nonel,  nonnaile,  nenal  1250,  nunait (l. nunail?)  1407 (var.)  

s.f.

1eccl.monasticfemalenun, female member of a religious order: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Sarrazins [...] As nonels ont jeu et fait lour voluntee  470
( 1333-34 )  une [aut]re tenement gisant en Uddynggate entre la tere les nonailes de Southeberwyk vers le north e la [r]we de Hydegate vers le swe  15
( a.1399 )  dames de religione [...], nonails, recluses [...]  129.5
nonain  none#2  nonerie  noynesse 
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