chieftayn
Middle English
Noun
chieftayn
- Alternative form of cheveteyn
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2555-2557:
- And if so falle, the chieftayn be take
On either syde, or elles slee his make,
No lenger shal the turneyinge laste.- And if so happen that the chieftain be taken
On either side, or else should slay his opponent,
The tournament shall last no longer.
- And if so happen that the chieftain be taken
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2555-2557:
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