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corteis (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 2/i,850b cohors; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,229a courtois; TL: 2,921 cortois; DEAF: cortois; DMF: courtois; TLF: courtois; OED: courteous adj.; MED: courteis adj. and n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]

cortés, cortois, cortos; courtois, courteys; curtais, curteis, curtois

a.1courteous, courtly 2(of an animal) amenable, easy 3handsome, fine
s.1courtier, courtly person, nobleman

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1courteous, courtly:

( s.xii^2/4; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Trop me feis (=soul) corteis, Par tei fui je (=body) malvais (C) 339

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Cil chevaler cortois, qui d’amur sunt enbuit 1652

( MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) facetus: idem est quod urbanus .i. curteis i 377

( MS: s.xiii ) urbana / curteise 43

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: 1312-40 ) yl serra bel, corteys e bien apris 8.13

2(of an animal) amenable, easy:

( MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) De cel esperver dunt vous me priastes ke jeo veyse e avisase, […] le ay trové corteys e ben afeyté 56B

3handsome, fine:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) (Olimpias) Curteise aveit l’esschine, tendre est par le costé 108 var

s.

1courtier, courtly person, nobleman:

( c.1136-37; MS: s.xii^ex ) Fist que prodom e que curteis 5500

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) De quei il i parla nul corteis nel demand 1095

( MS: s.xiii ) comis: curteis 166

( MS: s.xiii² ) comis: curtayse ii 25

malcorteis trescorteis

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