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gorgee (c.1235)
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gorgee (c.1235)

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corgee  
  FEW:  gurges 4,333a Gdf:  gorgiee 4,311c GdfC:  gorgiee 9,709a TL: gorgiee 4,445 DEAF:  gorge (gorgiee) G1003 DMF:  gorgée  TLF:  gorgée  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

mouthful (of words): 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Dient en hauste voiz e a cruel gorgee: ‘U est cist faus truantz ki a pute destinee [...]?’  S Aub 523
dire sa gorgee
fig.to speak one's mind: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  En parlant li (=BVM) dist sa gorgee Cum a sa seor de sa mere nee  Mir N-D 144.69
( 1332; MS: s.xivex )  et parlera disant sa corgee come goliard  Charboclois 336

[gdw]

See also:

gorge1  gorgeier  gorger  gorgerer  gorgeret  gorgerie  gorgeron  gorget  gorgeur 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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