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The more Latinate form, origin(e), does not seem to be attested in Anglo-Norman, and appears in English and Continental French only from the mid fifteenth century.
(
1155; MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Pur l'amistied de la reine Ki nee esteit de lur orine
BrutWACE 5152
(
c.1165; MS: s.xiii2
)
La dame aveit une meschine Ki mut esteit de franche orine
marieLais 47.100
(
s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3
)
Dame reine, Mult fustes ja de bon orine, Quant vus m'amastes seinz desdeing
Fol TristANTS 852
(
1190-1210; MS: c.1300
)
Fiz estes de roi e de reine, Estreit estes de noble orine
WaldefBB 2734
(
c.1245; MS: c.1255
)
L'un a l'autre nure ne fine, Tant furent de male orine
S Edwparis ANTS 4988
3origin, source, cause:
(
1155; MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Tasta al pulz e vit l'urine ; Bien sout, ço dist, del mal l'orine, E bien le sout mediciner
BrutWACE 8264
(
c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin
)
il (=God) est fontaine e orine de qui issent totes choses
Eluc 8.4
♦provenance:
(
s.xiii2; MS: 1333-34
)
de li voleit enquere Coment vindrent en la terre, E dunt, e de quele parentage. E il trestut a Brut counta De lur origne coment ala; Coment en la terre vindrent, E coment aprés se contindrent
Geanz Verse (A) 532