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coler3 (c.1200)
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coler3 (c.1200)

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  FEW:  collum 2/ii,912b Gdf:  coler 1 2,181b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  col 1 (coler)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to embrace: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Menu le beise e mult sovent le cole  Anc Test (E) 5020
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Certes moult feit eschange fole Ke pur vair Dieu le mound cole  Chev Dé 366
2to grip, hold fast: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Li traices (=of harness) ad la bracerole Ki les lymons enbrace e cole (M.E. bicluppes)  BIBB ROTH (G) 886
3to hem in, shut in: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  ti enemi te colerunt E de paluz te purceindrunt  Mirur1 138rb38

See also:

acoler  recoler1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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