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coi1 (s.xii3/4)
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coi1 (s.xii3/4)

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choi,  coy;  kei,  koi;  quei,  quoi,  quoy; 
c.s. coiz,  quais, 
(f. coeie,  quieie)  
  FEW:  quietus 2/ii,1470b Gdf:  coi 2,170b GdfC:  coi 9,119c TL: coi 1 2,526 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  coi  TLF:  coi  OED:  coy a.  MED:  coi a. (and adv.)  DMLBS:  quietus 2630b

a.

1quiet: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Mes il seent tut quoi  Horn 1370
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  En la coie nuit oscure  Ancren2 233.22
♦quiet, silent: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Si fray iceo, par ma foy! Ore m'en suffrez un poy, si en soiez tot quoy  Rom Chev ANTS 1442
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  li counte e li roi En i furent si coi Que un soul n’i parla  Cor Lai 108
♦still, calm: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Bons fud li venz e la mer quieie: Ne lur estoet muveir lur greie  S Gile1 883
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E pus soit le plaié mis sur une table tut quais, que les buaus repairent en lur propre liu  A-N Med i 77.xxvii
2in peace, undisturbed: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  li reis d’Engleterre ne lur dist ço ne quei. Mais li buens reis de France ne l’en laissa pas kei  Becket1 4238
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Mes ke […] il sente ke femme seie, Il me relerra tute queie  Ipom BFR 8818
3coy, demure: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Jo ai veu […] mult simple, duce e coye Mettre sun dru en male voie  Pet Plet ANTS 1391
chambre coie
euph.latrine, privy: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  les gouters qe viegnent de la cusyne et dé chambres coies  Sz Med1 226
estre coi de
to be free from: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  E si vuil que de vus seit ma terre mes queie  Horn 1971
se ester, se tenir coi
to remain silent, keep quiet: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Dame, pur Deu, tenez vus coy!  Amis mae 1096
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Jeo me ting […] tot coiz ausi com fet li muz ke point parler ne puet  Ancren2 209.24
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  se tiegne coye sanz response  BOZ Cont 88

adv.

calmly, quietly: 
( c.1185 )  La rivere passent tut quoi  Proth ANTS 5808

s.

name one who is quiet, modest (used as a surname): 
( 1203 )  Walter le Coi  Family Names Coy
tenir sa (etc.) lange en coi
to hold one’s tongue: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Deu nus doint cest perillus faus mond fuir e nostre lange en coi si bien tenir  Ancren2 244.6
remaneir en coie
to lapse, stop: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  La parole est remise en queie  S Gile1 2342

See also:

coiement 
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.
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