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coursable (s.xiiiin)
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coursable (s.xiiiin)

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cursable;  cursal,  cursale  
  FEW:  cursus 2/ii,1578b Gdf:  corsable 2,315a GdfC: ∅ TL: corsable 2,909 DEAF:  cors 2 (corsable)  DMF:  coursable  TLF: ∅ OED:  coursable adj.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  cursabilis 540c

a.

1running, flowing: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  li sancs raa aval, Cum fait de la funtainne li roisseus cursal  S Aub 1612
2current: 
( 1308-09 )  la feble monoee estoit coursable au tens que le dit J. achata l’eritage  Sel Bills Eyre 141
( 1337 )  quatuorze centz livres d’esterlins bons et coursables par le roialme d’Engleterre  Treaty Rolls ii 7.28
3common, public: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  fere donc de lui (=one’s soul) la coursable puteine au diable  Ancren2 15.28
4pej.lewd, licentious: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  J’ai veu chaste espuse e leale En poi d’ure devenir cursale  Pet Plet ANTS 1388

s.

prostitute: 
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Cursales purgisent les lechurs  Man pechez 5919
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