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menu (s.xii1/3)

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

menu (s.xii1/3)

meneu,  menut,  mesnu, 
(f. menude  S Alexis1 524 and 531 menuwe  Secr WATERFORD1 88.552 );
pl. menuz,  meneutz,  mesnuz,  mesnutz  (meunes (l. menues)  Dom Gip 200 meunz (l. menuz)  Dom Gip 22 monu  Rot Parl1 iii 211.21)  
  FEW:  minutus 6/ii,134b Gdf:  menu 5,245b GdfC:  menu 10,141b TL: menu 5,1454 DEAF:  menu  DMF:  menu  TLF:  menu 1  OED:  menu n.  MED: DMLBS:

a.

1small
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  Ceste pere menu triblez Od ewe, [e] vos denz lavez  Lapid 240.1115
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  E Bramimunde les turs li ad rendues: Les dis sunt grandes, les cinquante menues  Roland 3656
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Lors Quician debrisa Poz de tere ke esparpila En meneu peces par my le fu  boz Seven Poems 110.157
( 1343-50 )  la chaunge de grosse moneye pur menue  Cron Lond1 15.21
( 1378 )  le dit Johan Sonday trovera tote manere de merisme mesnue et graunt ove totes maneres tables et pych, cheveux pur la soudure ensemblement ovesqe une mast, un seil, un seil ȝerde [...]  Sandahl Sea i 103
2thin, light
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ses chevalers armés fetes despoiller nuz E bender toz de fer en fors liens menuz  Rom Chev ANTS 1532
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Le fort acer detrenche le menu fer Que tut le piz covrent de claveals  Ch Guill 879
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  De chascun cent de menu bord qe l'em appele baryl bord  Dom Gip 192
3 status (of rank or status) lower
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Mult i out moines revestuz E proveires e clers menuz  Rom de Rou wace ii 230.9262
menu, petit ache
ache1
menu armes
arme1
menues assises
assise1
menue burlure
burlure
menue consoude
consoude
menues corts
cort1
menue custume
custume
les menus galops
galop
menue gent
gent1
menus issues
issue
menu maillé
maillé2
or menu
or1
pigle menu
pigle
menu puliol
puliol
faire menu
to chop finely
( s.xivin )  e pernez le blaunc de l'oef e festes menu  Culinary Colls (A) 3.6

adv.

1finely, in detail
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Riche seele i avoit e li arçon paré, Covert[e] d'un samit vermail menu overé  Rom Chev ANTS 111
2in quick succession
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E prent un olifant si le sone mult menu  Rom Chev ANTS 841
(e) sovent (e) menu
sovent1

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See also:

menever  menuaille  menusement1  menuer1  menuer2  menuesce  menuet1  menuet2  menur  menuresse  minut  tresmenu 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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