1deceit, deception, trick(ery):
(
c.1150;
MS: c.1300
)
En veire amor n’ad decevance Plus que en certee dotance
3035
(
s.xii4/4;
MS: s.xiii
)
Par engin et par decevance
(D) 1592
(
1268;
MS: c.1300
)
ceo fu fantaime e fable E decevance del Diable
112
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xivin
)
ses
(=the Devil’s) guischuses sorceries et toutes ses decevances, sicome faus songes, falses moustrances, [...]
184.29-30
(
c.1300
)
e donqe serra l’autre amerchié pur son faus cleym, kar che est une desceivaunz de dehereiteson
i 275
(
1312
)
P. de G. ad malmenez & malconseillez nostre Seignur le Roi, & l’ad enticee a mal faire en diverses maneres & deceivances
i 283
(
1338
)
sanz fraude, decevanche et sanz mal engyn
ii 119.42
1deceitfully:
(TBD)
tote ceste terre de la dite monoie desceivantment repleny
ii 160
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