coille (c.1155)

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coille (c.1155)

[ FEW: 2/ii,888a coleus; Gdf: ; GdfC: 9,215b couille; TL: 2,536 coille; DEAF: ; DMF:  couille; TLF:  couille; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
coile,  coill;  cuille;  coillie; 
pl. coils,  coiz,  coilz,  couz,  cuelle  108.1352  

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1anat.testicle(s)
( c.1155; MS: s.xii3/3 )  En la were purra il rendre cheval ki ad la coille pur .xx. sol.  9.1
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  li mires taille la pel qui est sur la coille de cele part. E quant la coille est hors traitz […]  i 80
( MS: c.1250 )  Hic testiculus, Hec mentula: coile  i 412
( 1260; MS: c.1300 )  Pur ceo qu’il fut engendré de coille de vileyn  123
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  lavet le vit e les coylz a l’homme  ii 155
anat.scrotum
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  une carnosité qui neist estre nature dejuste la coille  i 80
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Gratez al vilein la coille, e il vous chiera en la palme  6
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