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coille (c.1155)
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coille (c.1155)

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coile,  coill;  cuille;  coillie; 
pl. coils,  coiz,  coilz,  couz  (cuelle  Secr WATERFORD1 108.1352)  
  FEW:  coleus 2/ii,888a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  couille 9,215b TL: coille 2,536 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  couille  TLF:  couille  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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anat.testicle(s): 
( c.1155; MS: s.xii3/3 )  En la were purra il rendre cheval ki ad la coille pur .xx. sol.  Leis Will ANTS 9.1
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  li mires taille la pel qui est sur la coille de cele part. E quant la coille est hors traitz […]  A-N Med i 80
( MS: c.1250 )  Hic testiculus, Hec mentula: coile  TLL i 412
( 1260; MS: c.1300 )  Pur ceo qu’il fut engendré de coille de vileyn  Brev Plac 123
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  lavet le vit e les coylz a l’homme  A-N Med ii 155
♦anat.scrotum: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  une carnosité qui neist estre nature dejuste la coille  A-N Med i 80
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Gratez al vilein la coille, e il vous chiera en la palme  Respit 6
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