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cort2 (c.1136-37)
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cort2 (c.1136-37)

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court;  curt  (cour ),
(f. cource (l. courte)  BOZ Prov 106.3)  
  FEW:  curtus 2/ii,1585b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  court 1 9,227a TL: cort 2 2,915 DEAF:  cort 2  DMF:  court  TLF:  court 1  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  curtus 2 542c

a.

1(of dimension, measurements etc.) short: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Petiz fu mult, mais mult fu gros, Jambes out cortes, gros les os  Rom de Rou wace ii 233.9344
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Curt mauntel out el col  Horn 450
( MS: s.xii4/4 )  A corte chauce longue lasniere  Prov vil 8.165
♦orn.zool.short-feathered: 
( MS: 1272-82 )  Si voustre oysel est devenu court par us de voler […]  Glan lex 115D
2(of time) short, brief: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  moult ara lor renommee Aprés lor mort corte duree  Rom de Rou wace ii 311.74
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  A curt terme l’ad tant amee Ke la maisun (=abbey) li ad baillee  S Modw 2567
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  tenez vus a (var. (BN: s.xivin) au) loer sanz fin, si lesset le cort loer  Ancren2 234.31
♦quick, speedy: 
( 1338 )  li roi lour deveroit faire […] solonc le fait droit et lay si brief et si court qe on le purra faire  Treaty Rolls ii 118.24
3oenol.(of wine) strong, full-bodied: 
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivm )  (how to praise a good wine:) Les .iij. C dient q’il est court, clers et crespe  Bon Vin 574 (A)
4 name (used as (part of) a surname): 
( 1148-64? ) Loewis, qui dunad le regne d'Espaine a Willalme al Curt Nes  Genealogy France 367
( 1181 )  Reginald Corte  Family Names Court
corte laine
laine
cortes ures
for only a short time, not long: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  S’il saveit qu’il de reis fust nez, Curtes ures [serreit]  (ms. fust) celez  GAIMAR1 350
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Or sunt en cele tur; curtes ures durrunt  FANT OUP 1483
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Curtes ures, ceo quid, il ert tenant  Anc Test (B) 16618
od sa corte hunte
with a flea in one’s ear: 
( MS: s.xiiim )  Mes le frere de lui ne tint ne pleiz ne conte, E le diable s’en ala od sa curte hunte  Vitas 2906
a, ainz, en, dedenz cort terme
terme

s.

name one who is short (used as a surname): 
( 1199 )  Richard le Curt  Family Names Court
( 1279 )  Richard le Cort  Family Names Court

adv.

1in short dress: 
( 1392 )  (the King) se vesti en une longe gowne, qar il avoit chivachez tout jour court  Lett Rich II 212.24
2briefly: 
( 1308 )  chiet plus court qe counte en un  YBB Ed II i 8
a dire cort
in short, to be brief: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  et est, a dire court, qe […]  Sz Med1 10

See also:

trescort 
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