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cover (1121-35)

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coever,  cuver  
  FEW:  cubare 2/ii,1441b Gdf:  couver 2,344c GdfC:  couver 9,234c TL: cover 2,990 DEAF:  cover  DMF:  couver  TLF:  couver  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  cubare 

v.trans.

orn.zool. to brood, hatch (out): 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Perdix [...] En sun ni les (=stolen eggs) metrat; Lores les cuverat  Best ants 1967
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  cuver ses eofs  BOZ Cont 162
♦to be hatched: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300 )  les jufnes (=bees) qe sunt coveez en esté ne sevent pas si byen porneer (l. porveer) […] en hyver  HENLEY2 432
♦to place eggs under a hen to be hatched: 
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Gelyne est covee (M.E. Henne is set)  Nominale 850

v.intrans.

orn.zool.to brood, sit (on eggs): 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  Saunz le (=aetites) ne cove l’aigle  Lapid 132
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Et tant com ele (=female stork) coeve il (=male) travaille entour lur viande purchacer  BOZ Cont 162
( MS: s.xiv1 )  pernez le oef de la geline […] kant ele avera cuvé e le despescez  Receptaria 33.288

See also:

covee 
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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