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coroner2 (1113-19)

coroner2 (1113-19)

coronner,  corouner,  coruner,  corunier;  corrunier;  curonner,  curuner;  crouner  
  FEW:  corona 2/ii,1209a Gdf:  coroner 2,310b GdfC:  couronner 9,225a TL: coroner 2,889 DEAF:  corone (coroner 1)  DMF:  couronner  TLF:  couronner  OED:  crown v.1  MED:  corounen v.1  DMLBS:  coronare 405c

v.trans.

1to crown, invest with royal power by placing a crown on the head of
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  El palais le rei corunerent E puis al mustier le menerent  Brut WACE 10363
to crown, place a crown-like wreath, garland, ring (etc.) on
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) (the Jews to J.C.:) as gabs l'aurouent, E d'espines coronouent  S Brend mup 1288
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  il serra corouné ou (=with) la coroune de vie  Ancren2 256.30
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  en le jeu de olimpiades estoit coroné  TREVET Cron1 131.18
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  fettez une coroune de ce puliol quit e crounez le chief  A-N Med ii 209
( MS: s.xv )  fetes une coroune de cel puliole quant si corounez le chief  Five Med MSS 158.E426
theol. to crown, bestow heavenly bliss upon
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Quant samadi vendrat U serunt curuné Li fedeil Damnedé  Comput ANTS 621
( c.1135; MS: 1267-68 )  Si recevras ton gueredon De ceste toie passion: El ciel seras boneuree Et o les virges coronee  S Marg wace 53.682 (A)
2to close over
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  ne tranglute mei la parfundesce, e ne curunet (Latin: coronet) sur mei li puz sa buche  Camb Ps 118.LXVIII.18

v.refl.

1 to be crowned
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Fait fu reis Asclepiodoz, Ki ne fu pas malveis ne soz. Feste tint si se coruna  Brut WACE 5571
2fig.to gain merit
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  quant li fel plus espurune, Li bie suffrant plus se curune  Mirur2 3657

p.p. as a.

1crowned
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  vus estes reine du ciel corounee  Ancren2 201.29
crowned, surmounted with a crown
( c.1280; MS: c.1280 )  l’escu d’argent […] a un leun rampant de goules coroné d’or  Eight Rolls 69.33
( c.1350; MS: s.xvin )  Le Roy de M. port d’azure a trois chiefs des homes d’argent coronez d’or  Grimaldi 321
( 1372 )  une hanap […] ové le covercle coronez et anaymellez en la sumite  GAUNT1 ii 108
( 1433 )  ung grant croix d’or […] couronné d’une coronne sur le chief  Bedford Inventories B98
2eccl.tonsured
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  As evesques e as abez E as proveires coronez Se fist de ses pechiez confes  Rom de Rou wace ii 226.9166
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Les prestres curunez n’i furent guarantis  FANT OUP 1899
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  De danz Aelwine volum parler, Del premer moine ordené, Religius e coruné […]  S Edm Life ANTS 4406
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Et tot sait alcune bien lettré; N’est clerc s’il n’est corouné  Corset ANTS 624
3curr.stamped (with an image of the royal crown)
( 1326 )  bons et leals esterlings coronez del coigne au Roi d’Engleterre  Corr Lond 271

p.p. as s.

1king, he who wears a royal crown
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Par les rois k’entrefurent […] Cent e cinquante e trois i ot des coronez  Rom Chev ANTS 4631
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Oez veraie estoire […] Del mieldre curuné qui unkes fust en vie  FANT OUP 2
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  […] com il servi Hermine, le fort coronez  Boeve 1350
femalequeen, she who wears a royal crown
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Oez, filles, si vus agree, Ke dit Marie, la curunee  S Modw 2970
2eccl.tonsured monk, priest
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Odes, li boens coronez, Qui de Baieues ert sacrez  Rom de Rou wace ii 187.8107
( s.xivin; MS: c.1330 )  deshonur a Deu doune De ky la vye n’est ordiné Cum apent a corouné  BOZ Serm 96.76

sbst. inf.

crowning, coronation
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Al curuner (var. curunement) de vostre fiz […]  FANT OUP 6
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  a ton coroner Fis tu le rei d’E. devoutement prier […]  LANGTOFT wright ii 390

See also:

recoroner 
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