anglee (s.xii3/4)

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anglee (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  angulus 24,572a Gdf:  anglee 1,291b GdfC: TL: anglee 1,390 DEAF:  angle (anglee)  DMF:  anglée  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  angulus 86c
 

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1 angle, corner
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Ly lit furent tuit d’or, les cutes aornees, De peres entaille[e] s environ colorees. Quatre charbocle ardant sistrent as quatre anglees  1308
2 corner, nook, space enclosed by converging walls, earth, rock, etc.
( 1354; MS: c.1360 ) just as a hunted fox is cornered: le pecché [...] si tost come il est fermement en l'anglee en coer, il est en l'alme  110.14-15
angle#2  angleçun  anglette  anguler 
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