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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chenȝe, Che(i)ngȝe, v. Also: cheyng(ȝe. [Cf. Chenȝe,n.] tr. To chain; to fasten or fit with a chain. Also fig. c1450-2 Howlat 605.
Thir four scheldis … War chenȝeit so cheualrus, that no creatur Of lokis nor lynx mycht lous worth a lence a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 405.
Quhair men … Out of ewill stait lykis nocht to steire, Chenȝeit in syn 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 176.
Item ane quhitstane chenȝeit with irin 1542 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 184.
Thai ordane the hawin to be chenȝit attour the watter 1547 Misc. Bann. C. III. 288.
My obligations … ar in ane of my cofers in a blak letter poke cheyngit 1561–2 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 374.
For ane lok to the schenȝe at the corss to chenȝe ane theiff thairwith a1578 Pitsc. II. 90/26.
They wald nocht fight … aganis ane meinȝie of cairllis cheinȝeit in gallayis c1590 J. Stewart 41/428.
Scho vas cheingȝeit to the stabill stone 1589 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 542.
Sex cheyngyeis maid for cheyngyeing of the vagabunds that sall be apprehendit