cowre
Middle English
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[edit]cowre
- Alternative form of couren
- 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Launcelot and Guinevere]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, recto:
- ffor wynter wyth hys rowȝe wyndis and blaſtis cauſyth luſty men and women to cowre and to ſyt by fyres ⸝
- For winter, with his rough winds and blasts, causeth lusty men and women to cower and sit by fires.
