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tenue1 (1215)

tenue1 (1215)

 
  FEW:  tenere 13/i,220a Gdf:  tenue 7,683b GdfC:  tenue 10,754b TL: tenüe 10,238 DEAF:  tenir 1 (tenue)  DMF:  tenue  TLF:  tenue  OED:  tenue n.  MED: DMLBS:  tenuta 3406b

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1holding back, withholding
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) dont meynt homme et meynte femme en unt resçu male damage et grant enfermeté de cors pur la longe tenue (var. (C: s.xiv1/3) detenure ) qe il fit (=of herring) pur cele marchandise cher vendre  Court Bar 26
2lawtenancy, holding or occupancy of land or property as a tenant
( 1215; MS: 1226 ) [T]uit cil qui fonderent abbeies dont il ont chartres des reis d'Engleterre, o anciene tenue (Latin: antiquam tenuram)  Magna Carta 361.46
(1292) yl agarda le assise; e fut chargé primes sur le tenue  YBB 20-21 Ed I 279
(1319) en la quele vile sunt deuz tenues: un q’est apellé kniftesfee londe e un altre q’est apellé portesmon londe  YBB Ed II xxiv 13
estre de la tenue de
lawstatusto belong to the retinue of, owe allegiance to
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv2/3 ) Cesti roi Arthur fist une graunt feste ou furent assemblez touz les rois que furent de sa tenue  Three Chronicles 29.49
nun tenue
nuntenue

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See also:

detenue  tenable  tenablement  tenail2  tenance  tenant1  tenante1  tenantrie  tenement  teneor  tenir  tenon  tenure1  tenure2 
This is an AND2 Phase 6 (T-Z) entry. © 2022-25 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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