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corteis (c.1136-37)
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corteis (c.1136-37)

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cortés,  cortois,  cortos;  courtois,  courteys;  curtais,  curteis,  curtois;  korteys  
  FEW:  cohors 2/i,850b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  courtois 9,229a TL: cortois 2,921 DEAF:  cortois  DMF:  courtois  TLF:  courtois  OED:  courteous adj.  MED:  courteis adj. and n.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1courteous, courtly: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiiiin )  Trop me feis (=soul) corteis, Par tei fui je (=body) malvais  thaon Body and Soul (C) 339
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Cil chevaler cortois, qui d’amur sunt enbuit  Rom Chev ANTS 1652
( MS: s.xiiiin )  facetus: idem est quod urbanus .i. curteis  TLL i 377
( MS: s.xiii )  urbana / curteise  Vernac Glosses 43
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  yl serra bel, corteys e bien apris  Fouke ANTS 8.13
2(of an animal) amenable, easy: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  De cel esperver dunt vous me priastes ke jeo veyse e avisase, […] le ay trové corteys e ben afeyté  Glan lex 56B
3handsome, fine: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  (Olimpias) Curteise aveit l’esschine, tendre est par le costé  Rom Chev ANTS 108 var
4 name (used as a surname): 
( 1166 )  Richard Curteis  Family Names Curtis

s.

1courtier, courtly person, nobleman: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Fist que prodom e que curteis  GAIMAR1 5500
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  De quei il i parla nul corteis nel demand  Horn 1095
( MS: s.xiii )  comis: curteis  Gloss Garland 166
( MS: s.xiii2 )  comis: curtayse  TLL ii 25
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1168 )  Robert le Curteis  Family Names Curtis
( 1238 )  John le Korteys  Family Names Curtis

See also:

cort1  corteier  corteisement  corteisie  cortier  malcorteis  trescorteis 
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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