cortiner2 (s.xii3/4)
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cortiner2 (s.xii3/4)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1237a cortina 1; Gdf: 2,320b cortiner; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,921 cortiner; DEAF:  cortine (cortiner); DMF:  courtiner; TLF: ∅; OED:  curtain v.; MED:  curtinen v.; DMLBS: 505a curtinare ]
curtiner  

v.a.

1decor.to hang with tapestries: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Curtinent les gardins, les places font loger  676
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Les pareis (=of church) esteient curtinees, Les ymages bele[s] deorees  43
2to fence in: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  en demeynes qe le seignur porra cortiner (var. (M: s.xivin) curtiner) ou enclore a sa volunté  i 372
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