capital2 (1190-93)
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capital2 (1190-93)

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  FEW:  capitalis 2/i,254a Gdf:  capital 1,780a GdfC:  capital 8,423b TL: capital 2,36 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  capital  TLF:  capital 1  OED:  capital adj.  MED:  capital adj.  DMLBS:  capitalis 269b
capitall,  capitalle,  capiteil  

a.

1of the head: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  (J.C.) Lier se lessa […] A curune de espines pur chapel capital  1618
2chief: 
( 1333-34 )  le dit W. tous jours en cea ad esté capital encaux nostre seignour le Roi  81
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  lui avoit fait homage pur soun regne d’Escocez et de lui tenyr come de soun seignour capitalle  7.8
♦lawcapital, affecting life, punishable by death: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Resçut la capital sentence, Ke il out la teste colpe[e]  2556
lettre capital
lettre
(sept) pecché(s) capital(s)
pecché#1
capital sentence
sentence
veine capital
1anat.cephalic vein: 
( s.xiiim?; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  por les maladies du chief deit hom seigner du veine capitale  ii 28
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Il se doit sovent por cel mal Seigner del veine capital  153.144
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  la veine capital ke seigna de sa teste  29.27
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