cordel (s.xii)

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cordel (s.xii)

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

s.

1rope
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  De lyn (M.E. flax) avrez bosteaux (l. bosceaux) (M.E. hep of flax) Et de chanver (M.E. hemp) les cordeaux (M.E. 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#2  cordete  cordeus 
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