Lettice
f.
Latin laetitia 'joy, gladness, delight'.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1279–80 Letice (dat) WaHR-SK p. 57;
1381 Leticia (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 75,
Letitia (nom) ibid. p. 118,
Liticia (nom) ibid. p. 81
- English
- ● 1530 Lettes LIWill-III p. 50;
1531 Letice SaxhamSf p. 122,
Lettice ibid. p. 127;
1540 Lettis StAnthonlin p. 2;
1543 Letys BarnstapleBap p. 3;
1546 Lettes ibid. p. 5;
1553 Letys ibid. p. 8;
1562 Lettys ibid. p. 12;
1582 Lettice DEmar-vol2 p. 7;
1584 Lettes BEmar-vol2 p. 130;
1585 Lettisse ibid. p. 3;
1591 Lettice bruton-vol1 p. 51;
1592 Lettis StAnthonlin p. 35;
1597 Lettice DEmar-vol2 p. 34
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1180 Leticia (nom) RotScaNor p. 33,
Leticie (gen) ibid. p. 32
- ◑ 1135 Lecelina (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1147 Lescelina (abl) ibid. 14
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