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chançun (s.xii1)
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chançun (s.xii1)

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chanceon,  chanchon,  chançon,  chanson,  chansoun;  chaunceon,  chaunceoun,  chaunçon,  chaunçoun,  chaunçun,  chaunsçun,  chaunsoun,  chaunsun  (chaschon,  canceun  Oxf Ps ANTS 83.70.9,  cançun  Roland 1014)  
  FEW:  cantio 2/i,235a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: chançon 2,209 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  chanson  TLF:  chanson  OED:  chançon n.  / canzone n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  canticum 263b

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1 music song: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  paroles de chançun (Latin: verba carminis)  Camb Ps 244.CXXXVI.3
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Mult peussiez oir chançuns, Rotruenges e novels suns  Brut WACE 10545
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Hui mes horrez chanson gentiz  Boeve 3046
( MS: s.xiiiex )  cantus: chaunsun  TLL ii 160
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  delitables chanchons oir et chanter  Waterford busby 246.S43.25
2 sound orn. zool. bird-song: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  la chanzon d’oisel est sote  Ross ANTS 4415
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Des oyseux pleyn chescun bussoun Menoyent grant joye en lour chaunceoun  Art Love 140
3 literature tale, account: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Ici cumencet amiable cançun e spiritel raisun d'iceol noble barun  S Alexis1 prol.
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Ben longes dist ceste chançon  Dial Greg SATF 19530
♦ literature epic, song of heroic deeds: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Jo i ferrai de Durendal m'espee, E vos, compainz, ferrez de Halteclere. En tanz lius les avum nos portees! Tantes batailles en avum afinees! Male chançun n'en deit estre cantee  Roland 1466
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  Ki volt oïr chançun de beau semblant Dunt bien sunt fait les vers per consonant  Otinel 1
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Oiez seignurs barons, Deu vus creisse buntez. Si vus comencerai chançun de grant nobilité  Gui Bourgogne cfma 2
4 Bibl. theol. the Song of Songs: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  dunt en Chançuns ke Deu revele (Latin: Unde et in Canticis dicitur) Est ceste eglise cum lune bele  S Rich ANTS 1117
chançun real
real1
chançun d’amur
Bibl. theol. Song of Songs: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Meme cele tenur dist ele en la Chaunsun d’Amur  Mirour Egl 66.44
chançun des chançuns
Bibl. theol. Song of Songs: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Le tierz (=volume) vochat ‘Syrasirim’ […]; En nostre langue est si trové: Chaschons [sic] dé Chaschons [sic] l’at numé  Salemon 166
chançun de geste
literature epic, song of heroic deeds: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  E de la geste li set dire les chançuns  Ch Guill 1261
chançun des novices
pej. old wives’ tale: 
( MS: s.xivm )  avaunt mettount chanceouns des novices as livres autentics  S Jer 5va
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