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sente1 (s.xii1)
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sente1 (s.xii1)

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cent,  cente;  scente;  sent  
  FEW:  semita 11,440b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  sente 10,661c TL: sente 2 9,468 DEAF:  sente 1  DMF:  sente 1  TLF:  sente  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  semita 2 3020a

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1 geog. path, track: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Veneurs [...] Qui par cele sente passouent [...]  Rom de Rou wace i 183.608
( 1260; MS: 1300 )  une cente i est fete par mi son pré [...]. Defense: [...] diom ke iceo cent i fu fete avant ke iceo molin fu levé  Brev Plac 29
( MS: s.xiii2 )  orbite: (C) sente  TLL ii 74.156
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Relement crest herbe en sente (M.E. Sylden waxus gres in the path)  Nominale 361
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ja n’est ruhe ne estreite sent Hou sire Orgoyl ne eyt tere ou rent  BOZ Lett 5
2 fig. path, way of life: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Demeine mei en la sente de tes comandemenz  Oxf Ps ANTS 116.118.35
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Sente e fesance de dreiture Semble a pecheor aspre e dure  Salemon 3383
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiim )  les sues sentes vunt en enfer  Paroles Salomun 275
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Ne vait pas par la male sente  GOWER Mirour 13171
♦ fig. method, course of action: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Cil pert bien de reson la sente  Ross ANTS 1475
3 astron. path, orbit: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiii1 )  Defors ses dreites sentes Jupiter en istrat  Brut Harley3 166.585
4 track, trace: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Tant soudément s'envanoit Par entre eus toz, emmi la place, Q'onc n'i parut sente ne trace  S Greg 1346
aler la dreite sente
fig. to stay on the right track, live virtuously: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1275 )  cil que Deu sert, il vet mult dreite sente  Purg S Pat berol (Ch) 872
sente de la mer
marit. sea current: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Les oisels del ciel e les peissun de la mer, ki trespassent les sentes de la mer (Latin: qui pertranseunt semitas ponti)  Camb Ps 10.VIII.9
prendre la sente vers
to take the path to, travel to: 
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 )  [...] Si chescun povre vers Eschoce Ut pris la sente  Plainte Am 372
tenir la dreite sente
fig. to keep on the right track, live virtuously: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  (young Giles) Bien ad tenu la dreite sente; Par tens se prist a Deu servir  S Gile1 48

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See also:

sentele1  senter1 
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