catenare

catenare [CL] 1 to chain, fasten, or confine w. chains; b (of persons or animals); c (of books). d (fig.) to connect, link together. utuntur ad metendum ‥ ferro quodam modico ‥, baculis binis ad capita laxe et flexibiliter ~ato Gir. DK I 17; 1342 turribulum insufficiens et male cathenatum Vis. Totnes 111.  b Paulus ante judices saeculi ~atus Bede Sam. 502; 9‥ ~atis lacertis, geracod teagodum earmum WW; pro fure cathenat / ipsa virum Walt. Angl. Fab. 65; [lupus] semper ‥ nexus jacebat cathena, cum rex tantummodo ut noctibus cathenaretur mandaret Arthur & Gorlagon 157.  c 1368 j portiforium ‥ ; et debet cathenari coram altari B. Marie Invent. Norw. 109; ad libros cathenatos Ord. Ebor. I 33; 1414 sic tamen quod libri et quaterni qui bene poterant ligari et cathenari sint ‥ in communi libraria conventus ‥ incathenati Reg. Cant. II 38; 1499 in xxj cathenis ferreis emptis de R. Lokyar pro libris in ecclesia cathenandis Ac. Churchw. Glast. 331.  d 747 aureo celestis amoris vinculo ‥ invicem ~ati Bonif. Ep. 78 p. 162; ut, Ptolomee, doces, complexio signa catenat Garl. Tri. Eccl. 11; sicut jam Witcleff facit, consequenter ~ans errorem errori Netter DAF II 22v. 2 (p. ppl.) adorned w. chains. comites ‥ magnifice stipati, saepe etiam torquati et ~ati Jewel Apol. 97. 3 (p. ppl.) linked together in a chain pattern. b (her.). Cf. catenalis. 1349 duos lectos de worsted’ operatos cum circulis cathenatis (KR Ac) Arch. XXXI 37.  b barrule aliquando sunt floride, aliquando ingradate et aliquando ~ate Bad. Aur. 190.