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cornet (1148)

The form cornete is a cross reference to the following entry:

cornet (1148)

cornete,  cornette, 
sg. cornez  
  FEW:  cornu 2/ii,1195b and 1199b Gdf:  cornet 2,305c / cornete 2,306a GdfC:  cornete 9,203b TL: cornet 2,877 / cornete 2,878 DEAF:  cor 1 (cornet)  / cor 1 (cornete)  DMF:  cornet 2  / cornette  TLF:  cornet  / cornette 1  / cornette 2  OED:  cornet n.1  / cornet n.2  MED:  cornet n.  DMLBS:  cornetum 1 492c

The sense in Marie Fables appears to be a literal translation of the English word hornet into French (horn=corn + suffix -et, see AND corn1).

s.

1 music cornet, type of wind music intrument made of horn or shaped like a horn
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  chantez al Deu de Jacob. Pernez ditié (Latin: carmen), e dunez tympane (var. (B: s.xii4/4) cornez ), harpe bele od saltier  Camb Ps 149.LXXX.2 (var)
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  La Veine gloire laisse nient Que toutdis ove soy ne retient La cornette et la chalemelle  GOWER Mirour 1263
( 1423 )  Item, .j. cornet garniz d'argent dorrez, ovec le tissu pendantz de .lij. petitz sonettz, pois' .j. libre .j. unce demi  Rot Parl1 iv 218.126
2 inkwell (made of horn or shaped like a horn)
( 1377 )  Item le garnison d'un cornet d'or. Item son seal et auters signetz d'or et d'argent  Huntingdon Inventory 164
( 1403-4 )  Item, paié pur papire et pur .i. penner ové le cornet – .xij. d.  Mercers 176
3 implement funnel, conical or horn-shaped implement
( MS: s.xivin )  Home ki veut entre Un pain de segle deit pus prendre Od un carrez parte seit E un corn partie ester deit. Kant la chandeil ert alumee E al pertus del pain seit but‚ E l[e] cornet seit par desus Buti‚ encontre le pertus. Li malade ert desus acis, Le cornet a sa buche mis  Pop Med 209.16
jewel.costumeconical or horn-shaped part of a garment or jewellery (?)
( 1396-1404 )  Item, .j. petit cornet et .j. bracer garniz d’argent endorrez  Inventory Rich II 207 R676
( 1423 )  Item, .j. autre cornet d'or, garniz de .viij. diamandes, pris le pece del une ovec l'autre .c. s., .xl.lj.  Rot Parl1 iv 218.137
4costumetippet, liripipe, tail attached to a hood or a chaperon
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Mon chapel e ma barette, Mon pilion aussi e mon cornete, Ma huse e mon chapelet  bibb MS (B) 94v
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 )  chaperons ové longez cornettez et larges  Man lang ANTS 6.5
( 1423 )  .j. cornet pur le chaperon de Roy, garniz de .vj. baleis  Rot Parl1 iv 218.136
5 corner, extremity
( MS: s.xvm )  Et puis le connestable demandera au mareschal de faire crier aux quatre cornets des lices, en la maniere qui ensuit [...]  Blk Bk Adm 320
6insectszool.insect of the wasp family, hornet (?)
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li escarboz manda les ees; n'[en i] aveit un sul remés, ne grosse musche ne cornet ne bone wespe ne wibet  MARIE Fables 250.27
7 name (used as a surname)
( 1148 )  Durand Cornet  Family Names Cornet
( 1266 )  John Cornet  Family Names Cornet

See also:

corn1  cornage1  cornart  corneiz  cornele  corneline  corneman  cornemeuse  corneole  corner1  corner2  cornerhous  cornier1  cornil1  cornur 
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