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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Demycel, n. [Var. of damycel Damisel. Cf. later F. demoiselle.] A young woman. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xix. 443.
Twa demycelis that ȝonge ware, & of bewte had na pare