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

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

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1company, band: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Dous feiz tuz dis la semaine Cil revisdout la cumpaine  592
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Cil de Seisuine e d’Alemaine S’ajustoent a lur cunpaine  24
♦mil.company, division: 
( c.1185 )  Arengez sunt en sis cumpaignes  845
♦(mercantile) company, society: 
( 1291-92 )  unkes peuis en la companne G. ne entra  31
en compaigne de
1in the company of: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Len ne puet ren gayner en cumpayne de maveys  430.34
demener compaigne
1to keep company, be sociable: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Compaingnuns fumes en Alemaigne, Sovent demenames riche compaigne  12250
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