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chaene (s.xii1/3)
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chaene (s.xii1/3)

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chaaine,  chaeine,  chaesne,  chagne,  chaienne,  chaigne,  chaine,  chainne;  cheeine,  cheene,  cheigne,  cheine,  cheinne,  chene,  chenne;  chain,  chayn,  chein,  cheyn,  chen;  caeine;  kein,  keine  
  FEW:  catena 2/i,498a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  chaeine 9,24c TL: chäeine 2,157 DEAF:  chaeine  DMF:  chaîne  TLF:  chaîne  OED:  chain n.  MED:  chaine n.  DMLBS:  catena 300a

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1chain, fetter: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Ja n’ert si forte sereure Ne chaaine ne lieure Que il ne pusse depecer  Lapid 257.1640
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  De chaenes liee fu  S Clem ANTS 10028
( MS: s.xiii )  catula: (A) chayn  TLL ii 51
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  l’en menerent en chainnes et en fierges a la grant cytei de Babiloine  Waterford busby 236.S32.70
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  De une cheigne la fit lier  boz Seven Poems 86.45
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  compede: (T) chene  TLL ii 27
♦ defensive chain, cable that was used for blocking access to the port of Acre (attached to the fortified Tower of the Flies): 
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) (In Acre:) Le chastel le roi de Acre, La tur as Geneveis, La tur de Genevois, Le temple, La chaene, La maisun le Patriarche [...]  Iter paris 136
2jewel.ornamental chain, necklace: 
( MS: s.xiii )  murenule: (A) cheyns  TLL ii 51
( 1433 )  une escaille d’or […], pendant a une petite chayenne d’or  Bedford Inventories B103
chaene de la gule
anat.spinal cord: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  [Si] l’os qui est chaene de la gule est fraint […]  A-N Med i 70
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