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cent1 (1113-19)

cent1 (1113-19)

ceint;  sent; 
pl. cens,  censz,  cenz,  sentz  
  FEW:  centum 2/i,589b Gdf: GdfC:  cent 9,17b TL: cent 2,114 DEAF: DMF:  cent  TLF:  cent1  OED:  cent n.1 and a.1  MED:  cent num.  DMLBS:  centum 315b

a.

num.hundred
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Treis cenz cinquante jurs  Comput ANTS 1949
( MS: 1120-40 ) Cel jurn i out cent mil lairmes pluredes  S Alexis1 595
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xiv1 )  Cinc cens hommes convertirent  boz Seven Poems 88.121

s.

1num.hundred
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Mis ethes (='age') est cent e quarante  S Brend mup 1592
2 num. group of a hundred
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300? )  une cent Normaunz tresbien armez  Burch2 468
( c.1300 )  De ceint de peaux lanutz .j. d.  Oak Book ii 4
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Item de chescun cent de espez, bokelers […] .iij. d.  Dom Gip 192
( 1485-1509 )  le brocour avera pur brocage […] Canevas de Normandie ou Bretaigne pur le cent – .iiij. d.  TNA E163/9/21 f. 20r
par cent del cent
at a percentage (?)
( 1303 )  E cy l’em vent cyre ou peivre a tail per cent del cent  Gras Customs 163
le millier et le cent, par milliers (et) par cents
millier
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