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chanu (1121-25)
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chanu (1121-25)

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canu,  canud,  canut,  canuthe;  chanud,  chanut;  chennu,  chenu  
  FEW:  canutus 2/i,239a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  chenu 9,67c TL: chenu 2,347 DEAF:  chenu  DMF:  chenu  TLF:  chenu  OED:  kennet n.2  MED:  chanuel a.  DMLBS:  canus 264c

a.

colour(of hair) hoary, grey or white with age: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Peil out chanut, oilz juvenilz  S Brend mup 407
( MS: 1120-40 ) Blanc ai le chef e le barbe ai canuthe  S Alexis1 406
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  mult estoit veuz homme e out chenue crine  Boeve 368
( MS: s.xiiiex )  canos: (C) chanuz  TLL ii 39
♦colour(of a person) hoary, grey-haired: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Ast lur hoste, le veil chanud  S Brend mup 825
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Le veillard estoit grant, chanuz e floriz  Rom Chev ANTS 5416
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Si jeo preisse le secle trop a fes […] Mult tost chanu en devendreie  Pet Plet ANTS 147
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  li prestres […] dait estre canuz  Corset ANTS 1272
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  useras suffumigations d’erbes acordans al tens et a ta complexion, car ce oivre les clostures de la cervelle, [...] la face clarefie et la veuwe, plus tart om devenra chennu  Waterford busby 240.S35.10
♦colourskins(of fur) white or grey: 
( c.1185 )  Aturnez ert de riche pels De ben chanue sabeline  Proth ANTS 4779
con chenu
bot.fumitory, Fumaria officinalis: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  O le fon de la terre en fais cist bevement, ‘Gris con’ et ‘con canu’ l’apelent laie gent  A-N Med ii 84.234

s.

old, grey-haired man: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Le roy ont appellé vieillard e chanu  Rom Chev ANTS 833
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  N’i out jovene ne chanu Ke ne deist […]  Set Dorm ANTS 1565
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Uns blans chanuz levat dunc sus  Brut Royal 465

s.f.

old , grey-haired woman: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  lez legieres fames, lez vieilles, lez chanues  Rom de Rou wace i 85.2090
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