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kernu (1121-35)
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kernu (1121-35)

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kernut,  quernu;  crenu,  krenu  (ternu (l. cernu) TLL i 159)  
  FEW:  crinis 2/ii,1344a Gdf:  crenu 3,365c GdfC: ∅ TL: kernu 5,8 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  crenu  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  crinitus 518b

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1zool.anat.(of animals) maned, long-haired: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Il (=the lion) ad le vis herduz, Gros le col e kernuz  Best ants 32
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Estre ceaux k'en bataille sunt sanz armes venuz. Venent i dromedayre e olifanz kernuz  Rom Chev ANTS 4000
( c.1185 )  Mout savoit ly vavasour de gerre, Le destrer kernu seisi a, A qui l'en peist, tut l'en mena  Proth ANTS 11761
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Pus muntent a chivals quernu  Boeve 3212
2astron.(of a comet) tailed: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Ver le nort perent cometes lees [...] de mult flambans raiz kernues  Pet Phil 2450

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