escorner (s.xii)

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escorner (s.xii)

  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.a.

1to rip, tear off (a corner of)
( MS: s.xii )  mutilare: escorner  i 22
( MS: 1272-82)  si par force le =falcon desescharnez =remove the prey, toust li purrad (var. (A: s.xiv1/3) porries ) acuns des orteus tortre ou escharner (var. (A: s.xiv1/3) escorner;  (C: s.xiiiex) escrever )  96.14 (var.)
escorner de cowe
1to 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)  3760
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