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columpne (s.xii1)

The form colonne is a cross reference to the following entry:

columpne (s.xii1)

colonne,  columne;  culumpne  (culumbe  Roland 2586)  
  FEW:  columna 2/ii,933b Gdf: GdfC:  colombe 2 9,127a TL: colombe 2 2,933 DEAF:  colombe  DMF:  colombe 2  TLF:  colombe 2  OED:  column n.  MED:  columpne n.  DMLBS:  columna 386a

s.

1archit.pillar, column (providing support to a vault or ceiling)
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) je confermai les columnes de li (Latin: ego confirmavi columnas eius)  Oxf Ps ANTS 86.74.3
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  L’une e l’autre columpnes (=of the Temple) out dis e uit alnes de lung e duze de groisse  Liv Reis1 126
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  De cele meison (=the Temple) il est long a conter E des columpnes qui sunt e des pilers  Anc Test (B) 12892
2 column, pillar, (free-standing) post
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Siglé unt e passé mult pres Des bornes que fist Hercules, Unes colonnes k'il ficha, Ço fu uns signes k'il mustra Ke dessi la aveit conquis U il aveit cez piliers mis  Brut WACE 729
3 column, vertical mass resembling a column in shape
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  par une columpne de fu amena Son puple quant en Egypte ala  S Rich ANTS 1592
4(of writing) column, vertical section of a page
( 1433-34; MS: c.1449 )  le cinquieme volume commence ou premier feullet en la premier columpne en lettre vermeil  Bedford Inventories B201
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