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corneille1 (s.xiiex)
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corneille1 (s.xiiex)

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cornail,  cornaile,  cornaille,  cornal;  corneile,  cornellie;  cornil,  cornille  
  FEW:  cornicula 2/ii,1190a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  corneille 1 9,202a TL: corneille 1  DEAF:  corneille  DMF:  corneille 1  TLF:  corneille  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  cornicula 493a / cornaila 4+92b

The word toneyle is used instead of corneille in a variant MS of Am Dieu (A) 46 (See BOZ Seven Poems 20.38). However, the term cannot be identified and must be considered a scribal error.

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1orn.zool.crow, raven: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  Par mun cunseil garderez Paris la vile, K'escufle n'i entre ne corneile ne pie  Otinel 176
( MS: s.xiii ) cornicem: (L) cornile (var. (C: s.xiiiex) cornil;  (cornayl: s.xiii/xiv) D ) cornil, cornayl, corf, cornile  TLL ii 140
( MS: 1272-82 )  de oisel chaunpeitre, ceo est fru ou cornail ou coloumb ramage  Glan lex 123D
( MS: s.xvm )  un cornaylle, anglice a crowe  Fr Voc 300
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Leal amour est blaunch cornaille, Que d’amour ne voit autre tiel  Am Dieu (A) 46
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1206 )  William Corneille  Family Names Cornell
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