cuiter (c.1170)
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cuiter (c.1170)

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[ FEW: 2/i,830b *coctare; Gdf: 2,178b coitier; GdfC: ∅; TL: ,550 coitier; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  coitier; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 372a cogere ]
cuter;  coiter,  coitier  

v.a.

1fig.to drive, compel, harass: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Divers seignors […] Nos ont custumes e leis tant enpiriees E povres genz de tantes parz coitiés  295
2equit.to spur: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Lors ad coitié mut fort sun cheval  1630
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Sun chasceor a tant cuté Que sanglant en sunt li costé  6655

v.impers.

1to behove, be necessary: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Car quant plus estes travailliez, Tant coite plus vos en aisiez  15296
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Mult cuit leisser de sun desir Ki a gré volt Deu servir  3031
cuite  cuitus 
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