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col (s.xii1/3)
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col (s.xii1/3)

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cole,  colle;  cool,  cou,  coul;  cowe;  keuwe,  kou,  kouue  (coilez  Fem2 67.1,  cueil  Rot Parl1 iv 225,  cuile  Rot Parl1 v 215)  
  FEW:  collum 2/ii,911a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  col 1 9,121b TL: col 2,552 DEAF:  col 1  DMF:  cou  TLF:  cou  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  collum 383b

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1anat.neck, throat: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  qui iceste pere avra E a sun col la portera, Ja de seignur maugré n’avra  Lapid 226.672
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 ) ja nule rien ne li passerat le col del mangier  Lapid 104.XX.10
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Vint uns draguns [...]; Mot les eles, tent (='stretch out') le col  S Brend mup 1017
( MS: c.1250 )  hoc colum: col  TLL i 420
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Col (M.E. Nekke), […]  Nominale 9
( 1394 )  un annull […] que jeo solay porter entour mon colle  Test Ebor i 199
♦skins(of a fur) throat: 
( c.1433-34 )  .iij. forrures de colles de sables  Bedford Inventories C242
2neck, opening, spout: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  com li col de la vessie est estopé, si est l’urine retenue  A-N Med i 218
♦ anat. neck, opening: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  […] si estoupe le col del bouel  A-N Med i 218
3 (of a cross) neck: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  le chef e le col del crucifix  Joshua Sermons ii 30
4anat.wrist: 
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  F[emme] ad la col rynouus (M.E. W[oman] hath the wriste scabbut)  Nominale 205
(a) col estendu
fig.at full speed: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Puis s’en vunt a col estenduz Kar trop i ourent atendu  Rom de Rou wace i 221.1621
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  col estendu s’en alerent E li altre les enchaucerent  Waldef BB 5457
col de la main
anat.wrist: 
( c.1290; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  le cowe de la main  bibb MS (5) 141v
col del pié
anat.ankle: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Entur le col del pié a nuals les (=shoes) laça  Becket1 2085
chair en le col de, venir al col de
fig.to redound (on): 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Ma folie me vendra al col  Gui War 518
( 1307 )  si il i eit wast trové il cherra en son col taunt avaunt cum si ele fust sole  YBB 33-35 Ed I 477
pendre par le col
pendre1
porter sur son (etc.) col
porter2
tortre le col a
tortre1
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