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chaitiver (c.1310)
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chaitiver (c.1310)

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  FEW:  captivus 2/i,330b Gdf:  chaitiver 3,37c GdfC: ∅ TL: chaitiver 2,172 DEAF:  chaitif (chaitiver)  DMF:  chétiver  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to capture, take into captivity: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Les poveres occire, les riches enchaitiver (var. (P: c.1310) chaitiver)  Rom Chev ANTS 1592 (var.)

See also:

achaitiver  chaitif  chaitival  chaitiveisun  chaitivement1  chaitivement2  chaitivesce  chaitiveté  chaitivier  enchaitiver 
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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