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compaigne2 (1121-25)
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compaigne2 (1121-25)

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companne;  cumpaigne,  cumpaine,  cumpayne;  cunpaine  (compaye  BOZ S Mad 131)  
  FEW:  companio 2/ii,966a Gdf:  compaigne 2,201a GdfC: ∅ TL: compagne 1 2,613 DEAF:  compagnon (compagne 1)  DMF:  compagne  TLF:  compagne  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

company, band: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Dous feiz tuz dis la semaine Cil revisdout la cumpaine  S Brend mup 592
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Cil de Seisuine e d’Alemaine S’ajustoent a lur cunpaine  GAIMAR1 24
♦mil.company, division: 
( c.1185 )  Arengez sunt en sis cumpaignes  Proth ANTS 845
♦(mercantile) company, society: 
( 1291-92 )  unkes peuis en la companne G. ne entra  Sel Bills Eyre 31
en compaigne de
in the company of: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Len ne puet ren gayner en cumpayne de maveys  Prov inéd 430.34
demener compaigne
to keep company, be sociable: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Compaingnuns fumes en Alemaigne, Sovent demenames riche compaigne  Gui War 12250
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