couardie (1155)
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couardie (1155)

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[ FEW: 2/i,524a cauda; Gdf: 2,164b coardie; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,844 cöardie; DEAF:  cöe (cöardie); DMF:  couardie; TLF: ∅; OED:  cowardy n.; MED:  couardie n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
coardie,  cowardie;  cuardie;  kuwardie,  kuuuardie (l. kuwardie)  436 (var. C46)  

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1cowardice, lack of bravery: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Returner ne deignot il mie, Kar ço semblereit cuardie  12468
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Dehez eit touz jours cowardie N’afert pruz a chivalerie  549
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  En fuaunt fu naez, chacé par maladye De mortele play, noun pas par couardye  380.1381
faire couardie
1to be a coward, do something cowardly: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Pur pour de perdre la vie Ne vuldreit faire cuardie  11368
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Quer je hei [...] a faire coardie, Chevaliers vi jouster, si en oi grant envie  i 142.3919
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