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corf1 (s.xii1)
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corf1 (s.xii1)

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corb,  corp, 
pl. cors  (corvs  S Foy 816)  
  FEW:  corvus 2/ii,1238b Gdf:  corbe 1 2,298a GdfC: ∅ TL: corbe 2,892 DEAF:  corp 1  DMF:  corbe  TLF: ∅ OED:  corbie n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  corvus 505c

This entry (like fresaie) reveals some of the problems of bird-names in Anglo-Norman, which are anything but consistent. For further discussion, see David Trotter, 'Tote manere d’oiseaus: les noms d’oiseaux en anglo-normand', Cahiers de lexicologie 103, 125-143 (pp. 138-139).

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1orn.zool.crow: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) chi dune as jumenz lur viande, e as pulcins des cors apelanz lui (Latin: et pullis corvorum invocantibus eum)  Oxf Ps ANTS 131.146.10
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  (God) Ki duned as jumenz lur pain, e as filz del corp (Latin: corvi) crianz  Camb Ps 259.CXLVI.9
( MS: c.1250 )  hic corvus: corf  TLL i 426
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  le neyr corf est mout profitable e especial amy al gopil  BOZ Cont 76
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  pijons de corbs vifs pernez hors del ni  A-N Med ii 249
♦herald.raven: 
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivex )  oiseals qe pluys sount de custome portez en armes: egle et merle, papejoye et corf  Dean Tract 92
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1777 )  Walter le Corp  Family Names Corp
( 1206-7 )  Angot le Corb  Family Names Corb
corf de nuit
orn.zool.night-raven: 
( s.xiii1 )  nicticoracem: corf de nut  Vernac Glosses 20
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) nicticoracem: (D) corf de nuth (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) freyseye, corf de nut )  TLL ii 141
pé de corf
pé1
pere de corf
crow-stone: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Pere de corf, veraiement, Tuchez le au fer devient argent  Lapid 80.277

See also:

corbel1  corbement  corbet 
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