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menee1 (s.xii2/4)

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The form meneie is a cross reference to the following entry:

menee1 (s.xii2/4)

meneie  
  FEW:  minare 6/ii,102a Gdf:  menee 5,234c GdfC:  menee 10,139c TL: menee 5,1403 DEAF:  mener (menee)  DMF:  menée  TLF:  menée  OED: MED:  mene n.4  DMLBS:  meneia 1762b

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1soundblast of a horn
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  .vii. milie graisles i sunent la menee  Roland 1454
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Sunent cez greisles, les voiz en sunt mult cleres, De l'olifan haltes sunt les menees  Roland 3310
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  jeo revoil aler chacer; Certes, n'avra coup ne colee Quant revendrai od ma menee  Ipom BFR 3484
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  les felouns sure et arester [...] oveke la menee des corns et de bouches  BRITT i 49.2
2lawa public clamour to draw witnesses
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si hu e cri fu levé duement ou noun, e si les veisins y corrurent duement ou noun, e si la menee y fu a droit suye ou noun  Mir Just 30
a basse menee
lang.softly
( c.1185 )  Cil parole a basse menee  Proth ANTS 5968
corner la menee
ven.soundto sound the horn, summon the hounds
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  Al neofime (move) vint avant li cornuz, Si li mostre ses corns aguz. Si[s] compainz comença la medlee, Icist cornu corne la menee  Eschez ANTS 11.114
lever la menee (sur)
1to raise the hue and cry
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Les gentz partut leverent la menee sur eux et les pursywyrent  Fouke ANTS 29.2
( 1307 )  le viscunte fist lever la menee [...] a corn e bouche  King’s Bench iii 196
2lawto raise the hue and cry, a public clamour to draw witnesses
( 1302 )  la femme frechement leva la mené  YBB 30-31 Ed I 507
( 1303 )  William sur qy nous levames la mené  YBB 30-31 Ed I 399
( 1337 )  par procurement le demandant, un leva le mené sur ceste femme en E. issint qe ele fut prise et enprisoné  YBB 11-12 Ed III 297
soner la menee
1ven.soundto sound the horn
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Il e sun mestre unt la meneie A long' aleine bien soneie, Mult cornent ducement e haut  Ipom BFR 709
2mil.soundto sound the charge, a blast from a horn
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Dayre, roy de Perse, sone sa (l. la?) menee  Rom Chev ANTS 3115
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Des olifanz a or sonent les menees  Rom Chev ANTS 2737

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mener1 
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