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covee (c.1290)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1442a cubare; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,234c couvee; TL: 2,975 covee; DEAF: cover (covee); DMF: couvée; TLF: couvée; OED: covey n.1; MED: covei(e n.; DMLBS: covata ]

cové, coveie; kovee, covere (B) 95v

s.

1hatching, sitting (of hen) on eggs:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) ses oes […] dont ele (=the hen) deut par sa covee esclore ses poucins 180.11

2orn.zool.covey:

( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 ) Nyé de feisauntz, cové de partriz 225

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: 1382 ) un covee (M.E. covee) de perdys 826

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