començail (c.1136-65)
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començail (c.1136-65)

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  FEW:  cominitiare 2/ii,943b Gdf:  commençaille 2,193c GdfC: ∅ TL: començaille 2,603 DEAF:  comencier (començaille)  DMF:  commençaille  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
començaill,  començaille,  comenczaille,  commençaile;  cumençail,  cummençail  

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1 beginning: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Salemon nos fait enviail A receivre tel començail  468
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  Atant eht vos la començaille E des estories la bataille  3292
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  (J.C.) Ki regne e regnera sanz cumençail e fin  55
al (primer) començail
1 at the (very) beginning: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Bien lur estut al cumençail, Al rei firent maint grant travail. A la parfin [...]  13349
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  al meins serrez vus pris al primer començaille (var. (F: s.xiv1/4) comenczaille )  316.1008
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