acenement (c.1170)
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acenement (c.1170)

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  FEW:  cinnare 2/i,689a Gdf:  acenement 1,44c GdfC: ∅ TL: acenement 1,74 DEAF:  cener 1 (acenement)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
asenement,  enceinement,  ensenement  

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1sign, beckoning, nod: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  A sei l’ad apelé par un acenement  2964
( MS: s.xiiiex )  nutamen: (C) ensenement  ii 166
( MS: s.xiiiex )  nutus gallice: (D) asenement  ii 166
( MS: s.xiiiex )  nutu: (H) par aseneme[n]t  i 40
2command, instruction: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Kar il (=the firmament) se mut continua[u]ment A sun (=God’s) pleiser e acenement. Solail e lune e esteiles ausi […] lur curs parfunt [Sulum le ordeynement ke il unt]  1120
acener  acenerie  cenement 
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