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plainement1 (1155)

The form pleinement2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

plainement1 (1155)

plainnement,  playnement;  pleignement  
  FEW:  planus 9,27b Gdf:  plainement 6,188c GdfC: TL: DEAF:  plain (plainement)  DMF:  plainement  TLF: OED:  plainly adv.1  MED:  plainli(e adv.  DMLBS:  plane 2306a

adv.

1 over level gound, unhindered by obstacles
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Emprés unt tut aplanied E fossé e mur eguaillied. Puis passerent tut plainement  Brut WACE 6291
2plainly, clearly, openly
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Belin ne crienst point sa manace, Ne nule rien que Brennes face; Tut plainnement l'ad escondit  Brut WACE 2531
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  ore il falt braier, streigner, Et tout de sus en jus tourner, Que Dieus ot fait si plainement  GOWER Mirour 7953
( 1390-91 )  monstrerent au roi tut pleinement coment il estoit malement governé  Rot Parl1 iii 231
( 1391 )  y sembla pleinement au Roi et as seignours qe les ditz empeschement et accusacioun feurent faitz tant soulment par malice  Rot Parl1 iii 288

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See also:

plain1  plaincoupe  plaine  planer  planesce  planiement 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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