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corsu (c.1185)
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corsu (c.1185)

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  FEW:  corpus 2/ii,1212b Gdf:  corsu 2,318a GdfC: ∅ TL: corsu 2,913 DEAF:  cors 1 (corsu)  DMF:  corsu  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

big, stout: 
( c.1185 )  Mult est corsuz et fort et grant  Proth ANTS 5454
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Colebrant, Qui tant ert corsuz e grant Que nul cheval nel pout porter  Gui War 11090
♦coarse, bulky: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  choses grosses, corsues et materieles  BRITT i 367
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