culvertage (s.xii3/4)
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culvertage (s.xii3/4)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,897b collibertus; Gdf: 2,402b culvertage; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,1153 culvertage; DEAF:  culvert (culvertage); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  culvertage n.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 530c culvertagium ]
covertage,  cuvertage  

s.

1villainy: 
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  cest secle est torné trestut a culvertage  1489
2slavery: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Prent treu de lur chefs en non de culvertage  5282
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Plusors rainst fors de culvertage  8236
3wretch, scoundrel: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Dolent, cheitif, fel culvertage, Ki lur as fait itel damage  8593
mettre en culvertage
1to degrade to serfdom: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Franchement le (=the world) dona Dieu a humeine lignage, E cil (=Darius) par son orgoil le met en culvertage  945
( c.1185 )  N’est pas mis amis qui remeint, Tuz ceus qui unt quince anz d’eage, U jes mettrai en cuvertage  7878
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