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culvertise (1184)
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The form coilvertise is a cross reference to the following entry:

culvertise (1184)

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culvertez,  cuvertise;  colvertise,  coilvertise  (quilvertisse  S Laur ANTS 99 var.)  
  FEW:  collibertus 2/ii,897b Gdf:  culvertise 2,402c GdfC: ∅ TL: culvertise 2,1153 DEAF:  culvert (culvertise)  DMF:  culvertise  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1baseness, villainy: 
( 1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ne sufferat ja pur colvertise Ke digneté perde seinte Eglise  S Thom beneit1 1091
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Par sa cruele cuvertise Quide destruire sainte iglise  S Laur ANTS 99
2serfdom, slavery: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  (Ipomedon) Ki se cumbat par sa franchise Pur eus oster del culvertise  Ipom BFR 9420
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  molt est miez de loing Departir franc, sanz cuvertise, Qe querre, aprés liens, franchise  Dial Greg SATF 20017
3obscenities: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  del petit chaions en maire […] E de jolivesces legieres En cuvertises pautonieres  Dial Greg SATF 10396
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