1anat.upper leg, thigh (from hip to knee):
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: s.xiii2
)
Sur la femme la
(=a stone) deit lier, A sa quisse e sur son iller
231.820
(
1171-74;
MS: c.1200
)
La u parlout al rei saint Thomas a cheval, De quisse en quisse sist, sovent changot estal, L'une quisse en la sele e l'autre contreval; Car les braies de haire li firent si grant mal
53
(
c.1290;
MS: s.xv1
)
Cuisses
(M.E. thees), naches
(M.E. buttockes)
(O) 332rb
(
MS: s.xiii2
)
dic femur ‘quisse de humme’ esse viri, femen ‘quisse de femme’ dic mulieris
ii 24.1795
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
crus: (C) la quise
(var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) la quisce; (L: s.xiii) la quisse)
ii 125.2
(
MS: c.1325
)
Item a dolour dé quisz
134.518
(
s.xiv2;
MS: s.xiv2
)
si bubetes se aperen[t] en la senestre quische si grant cum gemme blanche [...]
ii 255
(
1396;
MS: c.1400
)
les hanches – vel nages – les queses
(var. (O: s.xv1) cuisses), […]
46
♦
orn.anat.upper leg (of a bird):
(
1121-35;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
A l’oisel ad un os Enz en la quisse, gros
2168
♦
armourmil.cuisse, armour for protecting the upper leg or thigh:
(
MS: s.xivin
)
Ky vousit par mal sa chaumbre visiter, De quisez e mustilers avereit le mesteer [...] Kar il eert assayli de kenet
(=small dog) e leverer
i 155
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