clef (1113-19)
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clef (1113-19)

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  FEW:  clavis 2/i,764a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  clef 9,106c TL: clef 2,470 DEAF:  clef  DMF:  clef  TLF:  clef  / clé  OED:  clef n.1  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  clavis 357b
claif;  clé,  cleef;  clief,  clieff,  clif,  claus  ii 97,  clave,  cleuf  10756,  cleve  

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1key: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiiiin )  Od lur [...] clés Unt les us desfermez  (C) 719
( MS: c.1250 )  hec clavis: clef  i 421
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  cleket, clef (M.E. keye) et serure  468
( 1386 )  un cheste ové  (ed. one) deux claves  66
♦herald.(as an armorial bearing) key: 
( c.1280; MS: c.1280 )  W. le C., l’escu de azur od treis clefs d'or  73.166
♦fig.key, dominion: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Tu deis les clés del ciel tenir, Paradis clore e aovrir  1583
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Ceo dist li rois: ‘Boves, sa venez. Jeo vus renke de Engletere le clef’  2458
2liturgicaltimeeccl.date of key feasts in the ecclesiastical calendar: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  cumpot pur cunter […] Les termes e les clés E les festes anvels  54
3musicclef: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Les clefs, les tons de musike […] savoit  92
clef d'Engleterre
1 'Key to England', Dover castle (as a key fortress guarding the narrowest part of the Channel): 
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) Le chastel de Dovre, l’entree e la clef de la riche isle de Engletere  153
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) Dovera, real chastel, clef d'Engletere  188
keye 
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