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escorner (s.xii)

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escorner (s.xii)

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

v.a.

1to clip, crop:

( MS: s.xii ) mutilare: escorner i 22

♦to tear off (the claw of a hawk):

( MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) Se vos par force le (=a hawk) descarnés tost, li porriés un orteil tordre ou escorner 88B

♦to dock:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) (the serfs) De torchaz furent ceint [...] E ly roncin torché e des cues escorné (var. (P: c.1310) escorcé; ( ) escurcié) 3760

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