1chain, fetter:
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: s.xiiex
)
Ja n’ert si forte sereure Ne chaaine ne lieure Que il ne pusse depecer
257.1640
(
s.xiiex;
MS: s.xiii3/3?
)
En prisun est de chaenes liez
1839
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii2/4
)
De chaenes liee fu
10028
(
MS: s.xiii
)
catula: (A) chayn
ii 51
(
1266-1300;
MS: c.1300
)
l’en menerent en chainnes et en fierges a la grant cytei de Babiloine
236.S32.70
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xiv1
)
De une cheigne la fit lier
86.45
(
MS: s.xiii/xiv
)
compede: (T) chene
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 [...]
136
2jewel.ornamental chain, necklace:
(
MS: s.xiii
)
murenule: (A) cheyns
ii 51
(
1433
)
une escaille d’or […], pendant a une petite chayenne d’or
B103
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chaene (s.xii1/3)