† voutryn.
Obsolete. rare.
Adultery.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery
eaubruchea1000
mid-lyinga1200
spousebriche?c1225
spousebreachc1275
adulterya1325
spouse-break1357
devoutrie1377
voutrya1382
spouse-breakinga1398
vowtryc1450
vowtrec1475
breach of matrimony1526
wed-breach1638
mechation1656
conjugal infidelity1700
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xiii. 27 Thi shenshepe, thi vouteries, and..the hidous gilte of thi fornycacioun.
14.. Tundale's Vis. (1843) 192 Myche thou hast usud voutry.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5142 Þai were robbours and vsed voutrys.
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