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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1494
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(Lioun-,) Lyon(n)es, Lynesse, n. [ME. leones(se) (Cursor M.). lio(u)nes(se, OF. leonesse, lion(n)esse.] A lioness. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiv. 437.
Out of wyt for wa scho ferd As a lyones come ful thra That men had tane the quhelpis fra a1400 Ib. xlix. 210.
Ymang thai bestis ves Richt stark & fel a lyonnes 1494 Loutfut 16 a.
Be adultery of lyoppart & the lynesse
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