Middle English Dictionary Entry
par cǒmpaignīe adv.phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | par cǒmpaignīe adv.phr. Also -companie, -cumpainie, -comopaignie & per compaignie. |
| Etymology | OF phr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Together; in a group; (b) for the sake of company or fellowship.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3839 : He hadde yboght hym knedyng tubbes thre And hadde hem hanged in the roof aboue, And that he preyed hem for goddes loue To sitten in the roof par compaignye.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3752 : Gedeon..tawhte hem hou they scholde ascrie Alle in o vois per compaignie.
- ?a1430 ?Hoccl.Poems PS Compl.Virg.(Hnt HM 111)202 : Die moot we tweyne; Now let vs steruen heer par compaignie.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4167 : His wyf bar hym a burdon a ful strong; Men myghte hir routyng heren a furlong; The wenche routeth eek, par compaignye [vrr. par cumpaynye, par comopaignye].
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)1149 : Tel me now, par companye, Wher-of comeþ felonye?