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communement2 (1121-25)

communement2 (1121-25)

comunement,  cumunement,  cummunement;  commonement,  comeniment  (comunemen)  
  FEW:  communis 2/ii,962a Gdf:  communement 2 2,198b GdfC:  communement 9,135b TL: comun (comunement) 2,646 DEAF:  comun (comunément)  DMF:  communément  TLF:  communément  OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

1commonly, collectively, shared by all
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  les oeilles totes .c. Mist al pueple comunement  Conception wace 398
( 1313 )  Lour vessele d’argent et d’arreym, dont eux sunt servis communement  Lib Cust 195
2generally, customarily
( MS: s.xiii )  [...] que vulgariter (gloss: comunemen) pollicium cel digitale dicitur  TLL i 183.66 and ii 92.66
( MS: s.xiii2 )  passim: comunement  TLL ii 7
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  [...] quod usualiter (gloss: (L) communement) trabem vel temonem dicimus  TLL i 186.161 and ii 77.161
3all together, in one group
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ne sunt haitét sul li parent, Ainz sunt trestuz comunement  S Brend mup 1818
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Tuit l’ont cummunement bas e haut escutee  Horn 744
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Prium la tuz communement Cele a ke tut onur apent  Mir N-D 94.97
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  […] Ne qu’il face ses pouns a escient Tuz fierces communement  Eschez ANTS 12.136
equally, uniformly
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  N’i remist a venir ne li fol ne li sage, Kar a tuz en fu fet cummunement banage  Horn 427
( c.1270; MS: s.xivin )  Pur partir la grant amertume Par tut le cors communement, Ke ren n’i out ke n’eust peine […]  Plaintes Vge 92.756
4openly, in a public manner
( 1215; MS: 1226 )  nos donons comunement e franchement (Latin: publice et libere) congié a chascun qui jurer vodra  Magna Carta 363.61
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  peccheours qi […] courrent as mosters, e commonement se confessent contriz e repentanz  Mir Just 34
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Li jugement d’omicide se fornist commonement par pendre  Mir Just 135
( 1307 )  bon est qe home face comunement crier a Westmoster […] qe […]  LANGETON 138.18
communement od
together, in one group with
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  En Engleterre erent Daneis Comunement od les Engleis  Rom de Rou wace i 205.1198

See also:

communalment 
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