corneille1 (1174-75)
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corneille1 (1174-75)

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  FEW:  cornicula 2/ii,1190a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  corneille 1 9,202a TL: corneille 1  DEAF:  corneille  DMF:  corneille 1  TLF:  corneille  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  cornicula 493a / cornaila 492b
cornail,  cornaile,  cornaille,  cornal,  cornayl;  corneile,  cornellie;  cornil,  cornille,  toneyle (l. co[r]neyle)  20.38  

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1orn.zool.crow, raven: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex ) Desur lur cors descendent corneilles e busart Ki les armes =souls enportent  1055
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  Par mun cunseil garderez Paris la vile, K'escufle n'i entre ne corneile ne pie  176
( MS: s.xiii ) cornicem: (L) cornile (var. (C: s.xiiiex) cornil;  (D: s.xiii/xiv) cornayl;  (D*: s.xiii/xiv) corf )  ii 140.71
( MS: 1272-82 )  de oisel chaunpeitre, ceo est fru ou cornail ou coloumb ramage  123D
( MS: s.xvm )  un cornaylle, anglice a crowe  300
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1206 )  William Corneille  Cornell
corneille blanche
1 fig. white raven, something exceptional: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Leal amour est blaunch cornaille, Que d’amour ne voit autre tiel  (A) 46
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