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ceint1 (s.xiiiex)

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ceint1 (s.xiiiex)

ceinte;  ceincte;  saint,  seinte, 
(pl. sauns  YBB Ed II viii 138)  
  FEW:  cingere 2/i,680a Gdf:  ceint 2,6c GdfC: TL: ceint 2,86 DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  ceinte n.  MED:  ceint n.  DMLBS:  cingulum 338b

s.

1costumebelt, girdle
( MS: s.xiiiex )  texta: (C) seyntes tysuez (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) ceynte de sceye)  TLL ii 127.10
( MS: s.xiiiex )  cingula: (C) seyntes  TLL ii 140.67
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  As dames durretz les fermauls, Les ceintz de soie e les aneaux  Courtoisie 415.172
( 1297 )  un fermail d’or ou d’argent, e un ceynt de saie  Crisis 96
( 1357 )  un robe [...] et un saynt de say  ROUGH 120
( 1463 )  harneis pur ceinctes, de ferre, de laton, d’asser d’estaine, ou de alkemine  Stats ii 397
2circuit, circumference
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  La ceinte de la tere  Div Mun 178
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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