cordel (s.xii)
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cordel (s.xii)

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  FEW:  chorda 2/i,646a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cordel 9,199a TL: cordel 2,852 DEAF:  corde (cordel)  DMF:  cordeau  TLF:  cordeau  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  chordella 331b
cordeau,  cordell, 
pl cordeus  

s.

1rope: 
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  De lyn (English flax) avrez bosteaux (l. bosceaux) (English hep of flax) Et de chanver (English hemp) les cordeaux (English ropis)  (O) 335ra
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  des cordels pendans as fenestres attravers la rue  82
♦cord, strand (of rope): 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  dure est a briser la corde ou treis cordeus y acorde  185
♦fig.net, snare: 
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Bon amur […] me tent en sa cordel  237.22
2 name (used as a surname): 
( s.xii )  Hugo Cordel  Cordell
( 1213 )  Margery Cordel  Cordell
( 1489 )  William Cordell  Cordell
corde  cordele  cordeler#1  cordeler#2  cordellot  corder#1  corder#3  cordete  cordeus  cordon 
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