anat.of the upper leg, thigh (from hip to knee):
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Ens el veage dort Jacob en un champ, La lui fu vis qu'il venquist en lutant Un angle deu, mes il i perdi tant Le quissol nerf
(var. (A: s.xiv1/4) La quisse ovesque nerf; (P: s.xiiiex) Le maistre nerf de la quisse), dunt tuz jurs fu closant
Anc Test (B) 825
(
MS: s.xiv2/4
)
et songea q’il venquist l’angle Deu en luttant, mais par tant perdi il le quissel nerf
Anc Test i 307.824
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