chenaille (1194-99)
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chenaille (1194-99)

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  FEW:  canis 2/i,192b Gdf:  chienaille 2,122a GdfC: ∅ TL: chienaille 2,392 DEAF:  chien  DMF:  chiennaille  TLF:  chiennaille  OED:  chenaille n.  MED:  chenaille n.  DMLBS: ∅
chenaile  

s.

1 coll. pej. pack of dogs, mongrels (used as an insult for a group of people): 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  S’en alouent ja la putaille, Salahadins e la chenaille  5829
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Ne sunt pas angele mes chenaille  14982
♦ pej. dog, mongrel (used as an insult for a person): 
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 )  il dunc prist Icel Giuet par l’ora[i]lle […]? Levez suis, dan chenaile’  551
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