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çaenz (1155)
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The form seignz is a cross reference to the following entry:

çaenz (1155)

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çaeins,  çaeinz;  çaienz,  çainz,  ceanx,  ceenz,  ceienz,  ceins,  cenz;  chaenz,  chaienz;  cieins,  cieinz,  ciens,  cienx,  cienz;  seiens,  seins,  seintz,  seinz,  seyens,  seyns  (ceient  Signes1 47,  saunz,  seignz  Amis ANTS 79,  sencus  Five Med MSS 140.E269,  seuz (l. senz)  BRITT i 362 (var.))  
  FEW:  intus 4,783b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  ceans 9,13a TL: çaienz 2,10 DEAF:  enz (çaienz)  DMF:  céans  TLF:  céans  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

here (within): 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Parole a cels ki sunt çaenz  Brut WACE 10960
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Moi tapirai çaienz forein El liu qu’i trovrei plus loingtein  Dial Greg SATF 10693
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex )  nos enemis Que ore nus unt ceinz asis  Dermot2 1822
♦in(to) this house: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Folement es çaenz entré  S Gile1 2947
( 1150-70; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Ne unques chaenz ne venistes Males noveles ne desistes  Trist thomas2 888
♦(here) present: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  en la absence le seignur del soil, tut se soinnt les baillifs tel seignur seyns ou assentuz  BRITT i 362
♦lawin(to) this court: 
( 1292 )  devant ses hores porta memes cely Roger un bref de covenant seins ver Robert e Alyce sa femme  YBB 20-21 Ed I 317
( 1310 )  la ou nous avoms fet remuer la parole cienz sur cause de la chartre le Roi  YBB Ed II iv 3
( 1343 )  quare incompravit est comune plee, et n’est pas empledable […] en nulle autre place forsqe ceinz  YBB 17-18 Ed III 99
♦in this document: 
( MS: s.xivm )  Vous que lirrez les chosez saunz [...], ne emmerveylez mye […]  Future 198.n2
de çaenz
of this house: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  La veissele de çenz emplez De la funtaine  S Modw 2819
♦lawof this court: 
( 1339 )  auncien cours de ceinz ad esté tut temps qe […]  YBB 13-14 Ed III 25
hors de çaenz
out of this house: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Metez le fol hors de cenz!  Fol Trist ANTS 388
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  avant que tu t’en iras hors de ciens  Man lang1 85
♦lawfrom, on the part of this court: 
( 1309 )  vous avez bref hors de ceinz de lever la dite rente  YBB Ed II ii 146
( 1314 )  et avoit bref hors de cyenz qe […]  YBB Ed II xviii 172

See also:

ça1  enz1 
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