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corde (1121-25)
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corde (1121-25)

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cord  
  FEW:  chorda 2/i,645a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  corde 9,198c TL: corde 2,850 DEAF:  corde  DMF:  corde  TLF:  corde  OED:  cord n.1  MED:  corde n.  DMLBS:  chorda 331a

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1rope: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Lascent cordes, metent veil jus  S Brend mup 385
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  Le un dé chartrers est a li avalez e a une corde descendi  Boeve (B) 1049
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300 )  Le provost fra coyller tut le peyl des avers pur fere cordes  HENLEY2 438
♦string, long line: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Il fist aturner un present De mil sachees de frument […] E mil cordeles de pessun – Seichi fud e en cordes mis  S Jean ANTS 2341
♦herald.tassel (as part of armorial bearing): 
( c.1350; MS: s.xvin )  Le Roy de T. porte de azure ové trois chapeaux […] et les cordes de goules  Grimaldi 321
2bond: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Ja peussiez veeir paisanz, e Flamens ki les lient, Mener en lur cordeles (var. (L: s.xiiiex) cordes)  FANT OUP 1168
3 rein, trace, draught-tackle: 
( MS: s.xiii )  Est autem aratrum difficilis regiminis cum in antimonia vel tera gipssa vel alumpnosa sit inpressum ubi subiugalium iuga salingnea [et] retinacula (gloss: hars, corde, hoste) frangantur  TLL i 187.161 and ii 116.161
( MS: s.xiii2 )  iuxta restim: (C) corde, trays (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) hart, veythe; (L: s.xiii/xiv) juste corde)  TLL ii 74.155
4mil.bowstring: 
( 1372 )  cordes pur arkes  GAUNT1 ii 107
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  deux centz cordes pur les ditez arkes  Anon Chr1 178
5musicstring (of musical instrument): 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  en harpe, en saltier de dis cordes (Latin: decachordo)  Camb Ps 51.XXXII.2
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  fet les cordes suner, Tut issi cum en voiz l’aveit dit tut premier  Horn 2842
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Les cordes covient si adrescer Ke chescun acorde a sun per  Lum Lais ANTS 6729
6bot.stalk, stem: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Mais qi voudra l'arbre garir, Et faire le ben revenir, Les cordes (=of the honeysuckle which is growing around the tree) coupe pres du soil  Pleinte Lacy 21
7 name (used as a surname): 
( 1185 )  Osmer Corde  Family Names Cord
corde devant
equit.breast girth of saddle: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Arculi .s. ansella et posscela suas habeant antelas (gloss: cordes devuat (l. devant) et postelas, ut vestes sub involucro posite bene disponantur in mantica  TLL i 182.64 and ii 98.64
dreit cum corde
straight as a bowstring: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Celi est dreit cum corde K'a l’oie Deu bien s'acorde  Lum Lais ANTS 6675
tirer une corde, longe corde
tirer
traire a, en un corde
fig.to pull together, unite in cooperation: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 ) En lui n’ad nule deslauté, Kar sun dit e sun feit Tut a une corde treit  S Clem ANTS 1600
( c.1385; MS: c.1400 ) jeo voudreye qe nous feussons liez en un lience qe nous purrons treire en un corde  Ars Dict 4.74

See also:

cordel  cordele  cordeler1  cordeler2  cordellot  corder1  corder2  cordete  cordeus  cordon 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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