We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By clicking 'continue' or by continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings in your browser at any time.

Continue
Find out more
escurs (s.xii3/4)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

The form escouz is a cross reference to the following entry:

escurs (s.xii3/4)

Cite this entry
escous,  escours; 
pl. escous,  escouz,  escurz,  eschous  
  FEW:  *excurtiare 3,285a Gdf:  escors 2 3,427a GdfC: ∅ TL: escorz 3,980 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  escourch  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

sg._and_pl.
also_fig.lap, bosom: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  (a flying pheasant) Un oef lessa chair sur l’escurs Phelippon  Rom Chev ANTS 363
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  En ses escurz le susteneit E en sun lit le remeteit  S Edw barking 4657
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  en les escurz de sainte iglise  Eluc 78
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ele (=Delilah) lui (=Samson) tondi le chef e le menton [...] Puis le geta de ces (=ses) escurs arere  Anc Test (B) 5136
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Pernés, vallet, en voz escous (M.E. skyrtes) Le harang sor  bibb MS (B) 106v
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 )  Par devaunt avez escouz (M.E. slyttys) Et de couste avez geroms  Fem2 79.5
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
escouz