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compaigne2 (1121-25)

compaigne2 (1121-25)

companne;  cumpaigne,  cumpaine,  cumpayne;  cunpaine  (compaye  131)  
[ 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: ]

s.

company, 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
in the company of
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Len ne puet ren gayner en cumpayne de maveys  430.34
demener compaigne
to keep company, be sociable
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Compaingnuns fumes en Alemaigne, Sovent demenames riche compaigne  12250
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