medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I am no expert on Old French, but my Larousse dictionary on Ancien Francais
has one "dame", in addition to dame as a feminine noun, as a masculine
noun, a variant of "dam".
Steve Fanning
At 04:17 PM 8/9/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>RES , "Dame Dieu" is frequently used for God in general, and even
>specifically the Creator. I gather from searching online that the
>expression also appears in other OF texts. What is going on?
>Please, I'm not looking to be inundated by feminist tracts, just to have a
>word explained.
>
>Thanks.
>David.
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