chaere (s.xii1)
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chaere (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  cathedra 2/i,506a Gdf:  chaiere 2,33b GdfC: ∅ TL: chaiere 2,162 DEAF:  chaiere  DMF:  chaire  TLF:  chaire  OED:  chair n.1  MED:  chaier(e n.  DMLBS:  cathedra 300c
chaer,  chaier,  chaiere,  chare,  chaire,  cheer,  cheere,  cheiere,  cheire,  chiere;  caere,  caiere;  quaire;  schaere,  schayere,  chairee,  cherie,  kere  806 (var.), 
pl. cheys  58  

s.

1domesticchair, seat: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Beneurez li huem chi [...] en la chaere de pestilence ne sist  43.1.1
( MS: c.1250 )  hec cathedra: chaere  i 422
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Eschamel, chaier (M.E. chayre) de fow  504
( 1371-82 )  .j. chaier ové .ij. staybarres de feer tinnez  E101/547/21/7
( 1415 )  une longe bele table ové une chaire de ciprés  ii 16
♦domestic(folding-)chair: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  fercula gallice: chaer, anglice faudestole  ii 148
♦seat, place: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  sa chaiere (var. (Y: s.xiii4/4) cheire; (C: s.xiii4/4) chiere; (D: s.xiv1/4) chere) verraiement N'est pas en ciel  6841
♦eccl.(bishop’s, royal, etc.) throne: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  tronus: chairee  ii 106
( 1256; MS: c.1300 )  quant seint Piere en chaere set  81
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  (Richard II at his coronation) fuist assis sur une chaier  110.27
( 1433 )  une chappelle de camocas blanc, fournie de […] une coverture de chaier a ung Agnus Dei […]  B12
2bier: 
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  morz e seveliz e posez suz un quaire Vilment envolupez de [mult] povre suaire  342
chaere pliable
1domesticfolding-chair: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) fercula: (D) chayer paiable (l. pliable) (var. (C: s.xiiiex) faudestole;  (D*: s.xiii/xiv) segis;  (L: s.xiii) fadestoles )  ii 137.55
chaere a dame
1domesticlitter, sedan: 
( MS: s.xiii )  lectica: chaere a dame  ii 111
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  lectica: (L) cherie a dame  ii 68
chaere de pestilence
pestilence
Seint Piere (en) Chaere
1eccl.liturgicaltime(the feast of) Saint Peter in Cathedra: 
( 1275; MS: c.1282 )  il dist tel aver fet le jour Seint Perre en Schayere  (C)10
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Les compotistres dient que ver comence a la feste que nos apellons a la chaiere saint Piere et dure jusques a la feste saint Urbain  243.S39.4
tenir chaere
1to have one’s place: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Ke met en tere Acord, en ciel tient chiere  6854
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