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escorner (s.xii)
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escorner (s.xii)

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  FEW:  cornu 2/ii,1200b Gdf:  escorner 1 3,426b GdfC:  escorner 9,519c TL: escorner 3,973 DEAF:  cor 1 (escorner)  DMF:  écorner  TLF:  écorner  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to rip, tear off: 
( MS: s.xii )  mutilare: escorner  TLL i 22
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Se vos par force le (=a hawk) descarnés tost, li porriés un orteil tordre ou escorner  Glan lex 88B
♦to dock, shorten the tail of: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  (the serfs) De torchaz furent ceint [...] E ly roncin torché e des cues escorné (var. (P: c.1310) escorcé; (C: s.xiiim) escurcié)  Rom Chev ANTS 3760
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