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cortiner2 (s.xii3/4)
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cortiner2 (s.xii3/4)

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curtiner  
  FEW:  cortina 1 2/ii,1237a Gdf:  cortiner 2,320b GdfC: ∅ TL: cortiner 2,921 DEAF:  cortine (cortiner)  DMF:  courtiner  TLF: ∅ OED:  curtain v.  MED:  curtinen v.  DMLBS:  curtinare 505a

v.trans.

1decor.to hang with tapestries: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Curtinent les gardins, les places font loger  Rom Chev ANTS 676
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Les pareis (=of church) esteient curtinees, Les ymages bele[s] deorees  Judenknabe 43
2to fence in: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  en demeynes qe le seignur porra cortiner (var. (M: s.xivin) curtiner) ou enclore a sa volunté  BRITT i 372
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