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centener (1271-72)
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centener (1271-72)

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centenere;  centeinor,  centeinour; 
pl. centeniers  
  FEW:  centenarius *2/i,583b Gdf:  centenaire 2,17a GdfC:  centenaire 9,17c TL: centenaire 2,116 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  centenaire  TLF:  centenaire  OED:  centenary adj. and n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  centenarius 314b

a.

a hundred years old: 
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  Quides tu que filz naistra a bier (=man) centener et que Sarra enfauntera de nonaunte anz?  Genesis ANB 225

s.

1num.hundred: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  a chescun de celles festes y ad mult grant poeple et mult bien ordeiné et mult arraiez par milleniers, par centeniers ou par diseiniers  Mandeville 389
2mil.titlecenturion: 
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  ens ne suirent nient soulement lor banere, mes lor centeinour aporta le signe amont en son heaumedesor sa teste  vegetius2 48.3
3lawmil.hundreder: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  a chescun centener assignerent sa partie (=of land) […] pur gardre e defendre ovesqes sa centeine  Mir Just 7
( 1336 )  et deivent les milleners, centeners & vinteners venir ové lour gentz  Rot Scot i 420
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