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[cuissel]2 (c.1200)

[cuissel]2 (c.1200)

quissel,  quissol  
  FEW:  coxa *2/ii,1261a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

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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See also:

cuisse  cuissel1  cuissette  cuissier  cuisson  cuissot 
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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