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chenaille (1194-99)

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chenaille (1194-99)

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FEW: canis 2/i,192b Gdf: chienaille 2,122a GdfC: ∅ TL: chienaille 2,392 DEAF: chien DMF: chiennaille TLF: chiennaille OED: chenaille n. MED: chenaille n. DMLBS: ∅

chenaile

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1 coll. pej. pack of dogs, mongrels (used as an insult for a group of people):

( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii² ) S’en alouent ja la putaille, Salahadins e la chenaille 5829

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) Ne sunt pas angele mes chenaille 14982

♦ pej. dog, mongrel (used as an insult for a person):

( s.xiii^4/4; MS: 1315-25 ) il dunc prist Icel Giuet par l’ora[i]lle […]? Levez suis, dan chenaile’ 551

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