borne1 (1164)
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borne1 (1164)

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  FEW:  brunna 1,569a Gdf:  borgne 1,688c GdfC:  borgne 8,342b TL: borgne 1,1072 DEAF:  borgne  DMF:  borgne 1  TLF:  borgne 1  / borgne 2  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
boorne,  bourne;  burne,  bogne  

a.

1one-eyed, with only one eye or blind in one eye: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  luscus: borne  ii 10
2pathol.med.squinting, affected with strabismus: 
( MS: s.xiii )  strabo: borne  30
( MS: s.xiiiex )  strabo gallice: (C) bourne (var. (H: s.xiiiex) borne; (Hb: s.xiii2) bogne)  i 343
♦slanting: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Le .ix. signe est Capricorne, Pur le solail ke dunt est borne, Kar dunc comence a monte[r]  2392
3pathol.med.myopic, short-sighted: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 )  Oilz out burnes e mesasis  1032
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  en les moyes (=faults) jeo sui trop boornes et en les autri trop cler veaunt  12

s.

1 one-eyed person, someone with only one eye or blind in one eye: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Puis li ont par eschar mandé Que des bornes face flechiers  4679
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1164 )  William le Borne  Born
( 1185 )  Walter le Borne  Born
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