1carrion, dead, putrefying flesh:
(
1121-25;
MS: s.xiv1
)
(Hell) De flaistre fum ert fumante, De caruine plus puante
1106
(
1121-35;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
Vil oisel est ciguine
(=the ibis) E si vit de caruine
2636
(
c.1235;
MS: c.1235
)
En desert gisez cum charoinne guerpi
1506
(
c.1240;
MS: c.1300
)
Sanz nul numbre & sanz elite Gent morunt de mort subite, E la karoine pueit si fer
(:eschaper) Ke […]
238.43
♦
med.dead flesh:
(
c.1240;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
traiez hors la charunge o la quiture
i 66
♦
carcass, corpse:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
Dunerent les charuines
(Latin: cadavera) de tes serfs viandes a la volatile des ciels
145.LXXVIII.2
(
s.xiiim;
MS: c.1300
)
Ly leon tost aprés morust; La charoine del leoun jut E porri tote
1779
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
A l’office des uns e des autres
(=coroners) appent a veoir les charoines as mortz de felonie
29
2theol.body (as opposed to soul):
(
c.1230;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Acez avum dunt ci nurrir La charuigne e sustenir
3582
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: 1307-15
)
ne lessez pas le orde pulente karoigne trop mestrier la noble alme
230.24
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