"tenant" meaning in Old French

See tenant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: tenant [feminine, nominative, oblique, singular], tenante [feminine, nominative, oblique, singular], tenaunt [alternative]
Etymology: From the verb tenir (“to hold; to possess”); corresponding to Latin tenens, tenentem. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|tenens|tenens, tenentem}} Latin tenens, tenentem Head templates: {{head|fro|adjective|oblique and nominative feminine singular|tenant|or|tenante|||||g=m|head=}} tenant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tenant or tenante), {{fro-adj|mf|f2=tenante}} tenant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tenant or tenante)
  1. holder; owner (attributively) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tenant-fro-adj-8wT71C8X Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 46 48 2 1 1 1
  2. sticky; adhesive Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tenant-fro-adj-oR3unk2v Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 46 48 2 1 1 1
  3. strong (of an object, etc.) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tenant-fro-adj-q-Ofeg5K

Noun

Forms: tenant oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], tenanz [oblique, plural], tenantz [oblique, plural], tenanz [nominative, singular], tenantz [nominative, singular], tenant [nominative, plural], tenaunt [alternative]
Etymology: From the verb tenir (“to hold; to possess”); corresponding to Latin tenens, tenentem. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|tenens|tenens, tenentem}} Latin tenens, tenentem Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} tenant oblique singular, m (oblique plural tenanz or tenantz, nominative singular tenanz or tenantz, nominative plural tenant)
  1. holder
    Sense id: en-tenant-fro-noun-bkU4ba6w
  2. possessor (of land or property); tenant
    Sense id: en-tenant-fro-noun-EFjjA3T0

Verb

Forms: tenaunt [alternative]
Etymology: From the verb tenir (“to hold; to possess”); corresponding to Latin tenens, tenentem. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|tenens|tenens, tenentem}} Latin tenens, tenentem Head templates: {{head|fro|present participle}} tenant
  1. present participle of tenir Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: tenir
    Sense id: en-tenant-fro-verb-yvfxIWcH

Alternative forms

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