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cenele (c.1200)
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cenele (c.1200)

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cenaille,  ceneile,  ceneille,  cenile;  cernele;  cinele;  scenele,  senele,  seneille,  synele, 
(pl. cenilis  TLL i53)  
  FEW:  acinus 24,108b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cenele 9,16b TL: cenele 2,109 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  cenelle  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

bot.haw: 
( MS: s.xiii )  hic cinus: cenele  TLL i 41
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Ceneiller qe ceneilles (var. (O: s.xv1) seneilles) (M.E. hawes) porte  BIBB ROTH (G) 679
( MS: c.1275 )  syneles: haþes  Gloss Tree and Bird 12
♦fig.trifle, frivolity: 
( s.xivin; MS: c.1330 )  La (=in church) parlent dames e dammeseles […] De noveu geu, de vei ceneles  BOZ Serm 68.21
♦fig, straw: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  L'enfant [...] tutes les meschines envirun Ne presout mie une cenele  Josaphaz2 2081
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Jesu ne aurai pur ki ne doins une cenele  S Aub 1268
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