chevel (c.1136-37)

chevel (c.1136-37)

  FEW:  caput 2/i,342b Gdf:  chevel 2 2,113a GdfC: TL: DEAF:  chief (chevel)  DMF:  chevel 2  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
 

s.

1statuschief, head
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  E ne remaindra hoem antif en ta maisun ki evesche seit e de la lei chevel  8

a.

1statuschief, principal
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Mais les chevels homes barons Vont a la vile as meisons  2591
( s.xii )  Treis folkesimo[t]z chevels sunt en l’an  ii 50
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  siuuns nostre Seignur Jesu Crist sicum nostre chevel gunfanunier  ii 6
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Moult rent graces al ray celestre Qui de touz sens est chevel maistre  6
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