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costeier1 (1121-25)

costeier1 (1121-25)

costaer,  costeer,  costeir,  coster,  costier,  costoier  
  FEW:  costa 2/ii,1247b Gdf: GdfC:  costoier 9,211c TL: costoiier 2,941 DEAF:  coste 1 (costoiier)  DMF:  côtoyer  TLF:  côtoyer  OED:  coast v.  MED:  costeien v.  DMLBS:

v.trans.

to skirt, go along the side of
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  ont passé le flum a un passage […] Persant les encontrent costeant le rivage  Rom Chev ANTS 2917
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Curent la lungur de la mer, La terre estrange en costeiant  Trist thomas2 2802
( 1314-15 )  […] ont pris enquestes des mariners costaunt la meer  Rot Parl1 i 291
( 1344 )  une place guaste […], qe contient en longure seysaunte pees et en costeant l’ewe trente pees  Leicester ii 61
to pass along
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  A. costeie le conreis e passe la bataille  Rom Chev ANTS 1856
to draw level with
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Cil alout ateinnant Walwein, Esporunant, laschied le frein. Ja l’aveit pris a costeier, Ne li poeit mie esluinnier  Brut WACE 11819
costeier entur
to circle
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Sailent bestes ruistes de mer, Vunt costeant la nef enturn  S Brend mup 1059

v.intrans.

1to go along the coast
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  F. tot cel an demora costeant par Engleterre  Fouke ANTS 43.6
2ship.to go sideways
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  (The ship) Costeant veit et en belif, Dreit cum (=just like) cheval ke est restif  S Osith 949
3to go around
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En la eve le (=fish) mist en costaunt Pres de la nef  S Fran ANTS 3739
4lawto argue beside the point, raise side issues
( 1315 )  vous respoundez en costeaunt qe n’est rien a nostre avoweré  YBB Ed II xvii 81
costeier a
to approach, draw near to
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Kar alme ki char n’est blemie, Mult pres costeie al fiz Marie  Pet Phil 2702

v.refl.

se costeier a
to approach, draw near to
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Od la brune espee furbie Al bon destrer s’acosteia (var. (B: s.xivin) se costa), Entre les cengles le buta  Ipom BFR 9659
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Kar alme ki char n’est blemie, Mult pres costeie (var. (B: s.xivin) se costeie ; (C: s.xiiiex) s’acostaie; (G: s.xivin) se costez ) al fiz Marie  Pet Phil 2702 (var.)

p.pr. as a.

lawcollateral, not central (to)
( 1311 )  n’est pas directe en forme de comune cours d’avowery, eynz partie costaunt comune lay  YBB Ed II x 190
( 1341 )  c’est pluis propre issu sur le bref qe sur chose costeaunt al bref  YBB 15 Ed III 429
( 1346 )  vous adonqes pledastes a chose qe fut pledé en costeant vostre acion  YBB 20 ii Ed III 529

p.pr. as s.

person living nearby
( 1380 )  la mier […] surounde plusours terres, a grant damage & perde de toutz les costeanz  Rot Parl1 iii 94

See also:

acoster  acuter2  encostant 
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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