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[cuirie]3 (s.xiv1/4)
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[cuirie]3 (s.xiv1/4)

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quiree,  quirrey;  quyreye,  quyrreye,  quyrrie,  quyrrye  
  FEW:  corium 2/ii,1186b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cuiriee  TL: cuiriee 2 2,1137 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  curée  TLF:  curée  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

ven.quarry, parts of deer placed on its hide and given to the hounds as a reward for the hunt: 
( s.xiv1/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  ‘quant le sengler est prys [...], les bowailles serrount broilés et donez as chenes [...], e ceo est appellé reward.’ ‘E purquoi, sire, n’est il appellé quirrey sicome de cerf?’ ‘Jeo vous dirray: Pur ceo q’il n’est pas mangé sur la quirre sicome de cerf’  TWITI2 10.144
♦fig.reward for one’s efforts: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Les apprentis en leur degré Au commencer sont echarné A les assisses pour pleder; Et lors y pernont la quiree De l’argent que leur est donné  GOWER Mirour 24364

[gdw]

See also:

cuir  cuiré  cuirie1  cuirie2 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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