surcil (s.xii1)

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surcil (s.xii1)

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[FEW: 12,437b supercilium; Gdf: 7,523b sourcille; GdfC: 10,697c sourcil; TL: 9,874 sorcil /9,875 sorcille; DEAF:  sorcil; DMF:  sourcil / sourcille; TLF:  sourcil; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 330a supercilium]
sorciel,  sorcil,  sorcile,  sorcyle,  sorsil;  sourcil;  surcel,  surcele,  surcile,  surcille,  surcyl,  sursil,  sursile,  furcille,  sorchil  96.13 (var.) southcile  2va surciele  15.8 surcye  18 (var.)
pl. sorciz,  sourcis,  sourciz,  surciz,  surcys,  surcyz,  sursilez, 
pl. surcies  

s.

1anat.eyebrow
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Dunc les veissez [...] Faces nercir, oilz roiler, Sorcilz lever, sorcilz baissier, Denz reschinner [...]  1136
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2/4 ) Iloc vit [...] Les ames en l'eve aler: Les unes desquee as oilz [...] E les altres desque al sorcil  B118
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii ) un home qui ait [...] les sorciels corbés  295.xlv.2
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 ) Amount les eus sunt les surcilz (M.E. browes) (var. (T: s.xivin) sourciz;  (A: s.xiv1/4) surcyz )  56
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 ) Frount, face et surcils (M.E. browes)  13
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 ) Lez papiers et le purnele, lez surcilez, le nees  77.15
( MS: s.xvm ) mes furcilles (l. surcilles): mea supersilia  85.9
armourdecor.figurative representation of an eyebrow (?)
( 1313 ) Item, en un sak, un bacenet burny od surcils  ii 203
2anat.eyelid
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 ) Li ueil de lui virent, les surcilz de lui pruevent les filz des umes (Latin: Oculi ejus vident, palpebrae ejus probant filios hominum)  15.X.5
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) Somne suelt cil as oilz aveir Ki ami torne en non chaleir. A celui dorment li sorcil, Ki tent le tornet a peril  4031
( MS: s.xv ) ceux que ount cest manere de liepre n’int mis peaux as surciz  100.S122
peil de surcil
peil#1
joindre des surcils
1to knit one’s eyebows, frown
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 ) Quant ly felun rei ceo oy, Frunchi del frunt, les denz croissi, Juinst des surcils, ses oilz reoine  4655
ovrir un surcil
ovrir#1
cil#1  sur#2  surciller 
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