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cornutare 1 a to thrust or toss with horns. b to tip (w. horn). c to blow a horn; cf. 2 cornicare. a cornutando furit hodie bos Gower VC I 245. b to typpe, ~are, -tor, -trix, -cio CathA. c 1366 durante feria [Magne Jernemuthe] ‥ barones [V Portuum] ‥ habeant iiij servientes, unde ‥ alter cornu ~et pro gente congregando [sic] et pro meliori auditu ‥ habendo (Cl) Foed. (ed. 1830) III ii 809a. 2 to cuckold. femina ‥ que, si suum maritum in tali suspicione semel vincat, ipsum postea tociens quociens ~abit Upton 186.

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