tenve (c.1200)

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tenve (c.1200)

tenv,  teneve;  tenue;  tenvre,  tenvene  30va  

s.

1thin, volatile
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  (At the Creation, God made) les oiseals en la plus tenve partie, qui est airs  11.20
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Kar li solail trest la duçur De l'ewe e la tenve liquur  1568
2liquid
( c.1240 )  quant l'ungement est tenve e decort uelement  261v10
3insubstantial
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  E mult est teneve li espirit, Par quel l'um en cest siecle vit  8535
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Vers le nort perent cometes lees, Unes esteilles mul[t] gremues (var. (C: s.xiiiex) tenues)  2449
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