1cowardly, timid, lacking in bravery:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Ies tu desoignant u bastarz? Ies tu plus vil u plus cuarz
2352
(
s.xiii1/4;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Or estes femme a un malveis fuieur, Un
cuart cunte
1308
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
Einsi devienent li plus fiers Plus recreanz,
couarz, laniers
12080
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xivin
)
Ki en pes est hardiz leons E en bataille
coard motuns
2872
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
socors: (C) coard
(var.
(D: s.xiiiex) gallice kuard
)
ii 168
1coward, one who lacks bravery:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Des que li reis cria s'enseigne, N'i ad coart ki puis se faine
4272
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Li hardiz bacheler od les
coarz muçant
348
(
c.1335;
MS: s.xivm
)
ils s’enfuirent en Escoce come
cowartz qi nul bataille n’oseient
158
(
1343-50
)
si se retrait come chivaler desleaux, et dit come
couard qe […]
72.3
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couard (1155)