nonail (s.xiiim)

nonail (s.xiiim)

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  FEW:  nonna 7,188b Gdf:  nonnaile 5,524c GdfC: TL: nonail 6,733 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; MS: a.1399 )  dames de religione [...], nonails, recluses [...]  129.5
nonain  none#2  nonerie  noynesse 
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