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coute1 (1121-35)
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coute1 (1121-35)

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cote,  coubte,  cowte;  chute,  cute;  coude,  cude  (cuete  Alchimie 389.44,  keute  Secr WATERFORD1 91.680,  kont (l. kout)  Petit Bruit 19.34,  kotte  Test Ebor 200 ),
(pl. coustez,  cues,  cothes  Div Mun 362)  
  FEW:  cubitus 2/ii,1447a Gdf:  coute 2,342a GdfC:  coute 1 9,232b TL: cote 1 2,947 DEAF:  cote 1  DMF:  coude  TLF:  coude  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  cubitus 2 527a

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1anat.elbow: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  les braz e les chutes e le ventre e le dos  Becket1 3938
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Tant furent dur par environ De long usage d'oreison Sis coude ensemble e si genoil Si com ço fust quir de chamoil Ou d'autre rien plus aspre e dure  Dial Greg SATF 15827
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  li coupez les coilz e entre la fontaine e la cute, u la fontaine est ditte, […]  A-N Med i 87
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Des espaules issent les braz. Coustez (M.E. helbowes) ne meins ne lerrum pas  BIBB ROTH (G) 112
( MS: s.xiiiex )  cubitos: (C) coute (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) coutes; (D*: s.xiii/xiv) coutis; (L: s.xiii) cues)  TLL ii 125
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Cou ne coute (M.E. elbowe) ne lerrai pas  Nominale 55
2lengthunitcubit: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Vint cotes de lungur Trovet l’um le greignur (=crocodile)  Best ants 711
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  Checun piler ad de lungur Cinquante cutes largement  Pr Jean3 140.Y1029
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  L’estature de ly (= the giant) esteyt doze coutes  Turpin 682
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  […] la lungur de dous mile cutes  Joshua Sermons ii 8
a coutes
on one’s elbows: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  A genoilz e a cutes ad le tertre munté  S Aub 941
desque as coutes
fig.up to the ears (in debt): 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  en dette serrez deske as cutes  Pet Plet ANTS 1488

See also:

acouter  cubite 
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