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culvert1 (1155)
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culvert1 (1155)

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culveret,  cuvert;  colverd,  colvert;  coilvert;  cuivert;  kylvert,  quilvert  
  FEW:  collibertus 2/ii,897b Gdf:  culvert 2,401c GdfC: ∅ TL: culvert 2,1151 DEAF:  culvert  DMF:  culvert  TLF: ∅ OED:  culvert adj.  MED:  culvert n. / adj.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

base, villainous: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Cist siecles est culvert e perillus  Rom Chev ANTS 1
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Un chevaler, fel e colvert  Gui War 1294
( MS: s.xiiiex )  scenius: kylvert  TLL ii 56
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  pur ceo est ele queinte e colverde, si com l’em dit en proverbe ke li cos est hardiz en son propre femier  Ancren2 230.29

s.

1scoundrel, villain: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  'Mal culvert', dist il, 'ja murras'  Brut WACE 375
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Cil culvert reneié, fiz Kaim nun Abel  Horn 1811
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  cil colvert tuz jurs hay L’eglise et les moines de Ely  S Audree1 3660
2wretch, slave, serf: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  molt est miez de loing […] mourir de franchise cert Q’aprés la mort estre cuvert  Dial Greg SATF 20020
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