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cornish adj.(2) From ML corn-alis . Horn-like, callous. ?c1425 Chauliac(2) Paris angl.25 122b/b Wartes..Of þe whiche somme ben..cornysshe [Ch.(1) : cornalez; L cornales], ffor þai ben some þikke addiciouns..growynge vppon þe ioyntes.

Corn-walish adj. Also Corn-walsh , -walch , -wales(se , -welisse , -wailis(se , -waleis , -wales . OE Corn-waelisc , cp. Corn-wealas Cornishmen; the ME suffix is partly replaced by AF -eis . Cornish; the bor , the Cornish

bland-corn n. ON ; cp. Swed. dial. blandkorn & E dial. (Yks.) blend-corn . A blend of wheat and rye sown together. (1382) Halmote R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.82 174 iiij thrav. de blandcorn. (1383) Halmote R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.82 178 iiij

251/18,20 Þou schalt putte in þin instrument anoon to þe corn [L ad corneam] þat is in þe iȝe, and whanne þou seest þe point of þe instrument vndir þe corn [etc.]. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 11b/b Þe inward partie

weox corn aeffre wunsumlice syððaen. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 3905 Heo freten þet corn & þat graes. c1300 SLeg.Kath. LdMisc 108 230 Þe peces a-boute flowen ase corn ȝwane man it sew. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 28/14 Þet corn

. From pilen v.(1) & corn n. A kind of grain; ?oats with husks which do not adhere to the grain. (1283) Doc. in Rogers Hist.Agric.2 173 Pilcorn. (1297) Acc.Cornw. in RHS ser.3.68 213 4 quar. 2 tolfatis de pilcorn.

(infl. like Cornish) maylye ; p.ppl. mailed , (like Corn.) maylys . From maile , var. of mal(e n. (2). The 2nd & 3rd quots. should perh. be regarded as Corn. borrowings from ME . To tie or wrap (sth.),

[cp. stiken v.]. a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw. Arun 220 p.154 Dehors la graunge vos blez tassez [glossed:] stacke thi corn [vrr. stakkes; stakke the corn]. (1446) Doc. in Morsbach Origurk. 32 William Palmere schall..bringe home all the heie, and stakke it in

cp OI var & var-tið (timi) ; cp. MnE dial. (Northern) ware barley or oats, corn which comes away from the ear easily. Spring; corn , grain sown in the spring, specif. barley and oats; tide (time ), springtime. a1400

plowing during Lent; MnE lenten corn grain sown in Lent. ?Seed sown during a fast (Lent). (1277) Doc. in Vinogradoff Villainage 282 fn. Item per idem tempus arabit dimidiam acram pro fastning-sede [?read: fastingsede] sine cibo et opere, si habeat

OIr. giun (gen. geno) , Wel. geneu , Corn. ganow . The mouth. c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) Bod 34 22/1 An unwiht of helle on an[e] drakes liche..sturede toward tis meoke meiden, & geapede wið his genow [vr. geneow] up-on hire ungeinliche.

tenni thrashing floor); OE prefix o- and ae- . Thrashing floor. c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana Bod 34 71/777 Hwen drihtin o domes dei windweð his hweate..He mote beon a corn i godes guldene edene þe turnde þis of latin to englische ledene.

and it flowryȝt as doȝth camamylle, for it haȝt qwyt flowres, but þis herbe stynkyth and it growyȝt in þe feld among corn. ?a1450 Macer Stockh Med.10.91 143 Camomylle..is like hugely to an herbe þat is clepid amarisca [vr. amarusca].

WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 Luke 17.6 If ȝe han feith as the corn of seneuei, ȝe schulen seie to this more tree, `Be thou drawun vp bi the rote and be ouerplauntid [WB(1) : plauntid ouer; L transplantare] in to the

a manere potage y-made of most deere and purede flour, and haþ þat name pollenta of polline, þat is delicate mele..But polenta haþ oþre significaciouns..pollenta is corn ysode, y-piled and holid and y-schelid..as þough..wiþ betyng and pownyng in a morter.

stack (sheaves of grain) in a barn. a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw. Arun 220 154 En la graunge vos blees muez [glossed:] golne [read: golue] thi corn. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 202 Golvyn, or golvon: Arconiso. a1500 in Camd.25 202 Gelimo, to golue.

neb-corn n. OE A pimple. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 83.27/4 Eac sylce mid ecede odðer mid huniȝe ȝecnucode of þa anwiten nebcorn afeormað. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 100.64/2 Gif nebcorn on wifman..þisse wyrte wurtruman..afeormað ealle þa nebcorn. c1150(OE) Hrl.MQuad.

OF raille , raale . The corn crake (Crex crex) or the water rail (Rallus aquaticus); ?also, a turf-cutter [last quot.]. a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) Rwl D.328 604 A rale y brested. c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) Hrl 4016 69 The thirde course: Rales.

var. of rusme & Swed. dial. resma , resme . A stalk of corn, head of oats. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 3060 Þare fell as fele..of fotemen & othire As risonis [Dub: ressynnys] in a ranke fild quen riders

dial. (Cornw.) lag `to cover with mud', etc. & Corn. lagen (Ir. lagan ) `pond, pool, small lake'. To soil (sb. or sth.), make dirty. a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw. Cmb Gg.1.1 16 De tay se veet espaluer [glossed:] it lagge [vrr. laggyn,

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