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ceindre

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Searchable Lemmata: ceindre (AF).
Alternate Forms: çaindre, ceinst, ceinnent, ceinnum, ceint, ceintaunts, ceinte, ceintes, cente, ceynt, ceynta, ceyntuz, saindre, seindre, seinter, siegnant.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(vb.) Utilisation; to gird; to gird on; strap (on) or bind; to encircle; (reflexive) to gird oneself; to encircle oneself. Also appears as a past participle and past-participle-as-adjective: girded, girt.(ante 1140 - post 1400 ?)
1. Chascun vait ses armes seignant Heroic, Historic. (to gird on) [AND GAIMAR (4298) 1139]
2. Toy ceintes, et chauces toi tes chauceures ( (B) Ceintez toi) Biblical/Hagiographic. (to gird oneself) [AND Actes ((A) 367c) 1300/1350]
3. [123] ... Homme de curreie est cente (M.E. gurde) ... [125] ... Femme tistre drap et teynt (M.E. letyth) [AND Nom (123-125) circa 1300/1350]
4. le roy ... ceynta le dit duc ovesqe une espee mist sur son chief un cap de honour & dignité de Duc Legal. [AND RotParl1 (iii 355) 1397]
AF.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b(vn.) Utilisation; girding (verbal noun).(circa 1250 - post 1300 ?)
1. Le ceindre a la peitrine de ceintures a or Signefie ke ... Biblical/Hagiographic. [AND Apoc (2835) circa 1250/1300]
c.f.: girding
AF.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Anglo-French/ Old French, ultimately from Class. Latin cingere 'to wind, to surround'.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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