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coilte (s.xii3/4)
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coilte (s.xii3/4)

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colte,  coute,  coutre;  cuilte,  culte,  cute,  cuulte;  keulte,  keute;  quelte,  queute;  quilt,  quilte,  quiltte,  quite,  qulte,  qwilte; 
pl. quitys  (cutles,  kytisz  Port Bk studer 15)  
  FEW:  culcita 2/ii,1492b Gdf:  coulte 2,333b GdfC:  coute 9,232b / couete 9,214c TL: coute 2,967 DEAF:  coute  DMF:  couette 1  / coute  TLF:  couette 1  OED:  cot n.2  / quilt n.1  MED:  cot n.  / quilt(e n.  DMLBS:  coutra 510a / culcita 528c

s.

1mattress, cushion: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Tiel gist sur cuilte qui ne dort si suef  Ch Guill 2895
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Encontre les arietes [...] Les uns pernent coutres e socs e les destreynent bien de fortes cordes; e le mettent en tel liu la ou il quident ke le assuat serra  vegetius2 139.12
( 1292-93 )  iiij lynceus pris de .ij. souz, .iiij. cutles (l. cultes) e quissins de plume  Sel Bills Eyre 76
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  fultrum: (D) coylte  TLL ii 55
2quilt, coverlet: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ly lit furent tuit d’or, les cutes aornees  Rom Chev ANTS 4306
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  n’orent coiltes de lin ne de paile roé  GUISCH 1621
( 1453-54 )  i par lodicum de fustyan […] ij qwiltez, iij dormondes  Durham 148
3curtain: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  cortina: (D) une quilte (var. (R: s.xiii1) la curtine)  Gloss Nequam1 243
coilte pointe
poindre1
coilte pointee
pointer1
coilte purpointee
purpointé
coilte de plume
feather-bed: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  culcitra plumalis: (C) coylte de plume, bolstu (var. (D: xiii./xiv) culte de plume)  TLL ii 68

See also:

coiltepointe  coilter  coiltere 
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