- W
cosgordd 'to twist' L
quercus chétif 'wretched, m****, weakling' Prov
caitiu,
Mantuan catif 'bad' OFr chaitif,
blend of Gaul.
caxtos 'prisoner' and Lat...
-
caisse (vs.
Italian c****a,
Spanish caja) or captīvus → *kaχtivus →
Occitan caitiu, OFr
chaitif (mod. chétif "wretched, feeble", cf.
Welsh caeth "bondman,...
-
sospir e plor e chan 1199
Aimar V of
Limoges Pons de
Capduelh 375,7 De totz
caitius sui eu
aicel que plus ???? Azalais, wife of Ozil de Mercœur
Guillem Augier...
- Azalais's
death in 1237, Pons
wrote a
planh (lament) for her, "De totz
caitius sui eu
aicel que plus". Some
scholars argue that this
planh was in fact...
