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enchaener (c.1136-37)
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enchaener (c.1136-37)

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enchaesner,  enchainer;  encheener,  encheiner,  enchener  (encaener,  enchaigner)  
  FEW:  catena *2/i,498a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  enchaeiner 9,449c TL: enchäener 3,180 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  enchaîner  TLF:  enchaîner  OED:  enchain v.  MED:  encheinen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to chain: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  la nef seit bien atachee, Enchaenee e ferliee  GAIMAR1 4266
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  E si li metent el col un caeignun, Si l'encaeinent altresi cum un urs  Roland 1827
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  (J.C.) En sun seint pareis tuit les (sinners released from Hell) ad recité Quant diable ad lié [e] forment enchaené  GUISCH 1750
♦fig.to bind together: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  enchaené sunt asemble le amurs Deu e l’amur de prosme  Joshua Sermons i 34
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  charité n’est nule sanz creance [...] Kar issi sunt encheenez  Secr abernun 2334

p.p. as a.

in chains: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Urs e leuns, veltres enchaignez  Roland 128
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  (a lion) a lung tens ot esté gardez dedenz sa curt enchaenez  MARIE Fables 174.30
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Si ameinent cent chaitifs enchainé  Ch Guill 2264

See also:

chaener 
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