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corb1 (s.xii3/4)
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corb1 (s.xii3/4)

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courb,  curb,  curf  
  FEW:  curvus 2/ii,1589b Gdf:  corbe 2 2,298a GdfC:  courbe 9,222c TL: corp 2  DEAF:  corp 2  DMF:  courbe  TLF:  courbe  OED:  curve adj. and n.  MED:  curve adj.  DMLBS:  curvus 543b

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curved, crooked: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Corbes denz e longs […] piez de olifant  5706
( MS: s.xiii1 )  curve: curf  ii 107
( MS: s.xiii )  in obliquos [...] pedes: en curf pees  i 78
♦bent, bowed: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  nuls de eus ne se puet partir, Ne ly curbs ne se pout drescier Ne cil en estant abaisser  3165
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Le dos out curb cum un bosçu  627
( MS: s.xiii1 )  sinuato: curf  ii 102
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 )  cele arbre s'enclina a li (=BVM), cum si ele la saluast, e dunc remist curbe  139
♦hooked: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Lur ungles curbs e aguz sunt  606
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