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comand1 (1113-19)
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comand1 (1113-19)

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comant,  comaund,  comaunde;  command,  commande,  commaunde,  commaunt;  cumand,  cumant;  cummant,  cunmant;  quomand; 
pl. commauntz,  coumanz,  cumanz  
  FEW:  commendare 2/ii,949b Gdf:  commant 1 2,192a GdfC: ∅ TL: comant 2,582 DEAF:  comander (comant)  DMF:  command 1  TLF: ∅ OED:  command n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  commenda 391c

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command, order: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xiiiin )  nuns lur enposat Par le cumant de Dé  (ms. Deu)  Comput 1071
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Pur ço que [...] jo sun cumant ne fis, Destruit ma terre e mei en chace  Brut WACE 4520
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiiex )  Li ennemi a set serjanz ki partout porte ses coumanz  Poème 138
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  Aprés sunt il plus [bien] voillauntz De faire trestous les commauntz Ke Dieu commaunde a ses sergeauntz  Penit 9
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Tenez la ley et soun comaunde  Courtoisie 399.26
♦bidding, desire: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Fetes a ma dame tut son command  Boeve 3819
a(l) sun (etc.) comand
at one's bidding: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Al sun cumant cil le firent  S Brend mup 995
( c.1185 )  Mais que l’um ait a sun cummant E a sa volenté la chose  Proth ANTS 6518
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