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12:34 Jul 19, 2008 |
French to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Names (personal, company) / appelation de personne, droit, Old French | |||||||
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3 +2 | the person's name |
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the person's name Explanation: Imo, this has to be the person's name. Cortillier is a gardener and so is a Courtillier, depending on www site.. Seeing the preceding context would be useful. You may just be reading/parsing the French incorrectly. http://www.cevenols.com/vieuxmetiers.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 54 mins (2008-07-19 13:29:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Middle English Dictionary: D.1 - Google Books Result by Hans Kurath - 1961 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 128 pages [AF; CF cortillier.] A friar in charge of gardening; maister ~, chief gardener. [(1243) Close R. Hen.Ш 82: Henricus le Curtiller. (1265) Pat.R. ... books.google.be/books?isbn=0472010417 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 55 mins (2008-07-19 13:29:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Two Old French Satires on the Power of the Keys: L'escommeniement ... - Google Books Result by Daron Burrows, University of Oxford European ... - 2005 - Literary Criticism - 145 pages ... pointy Pa 90 cortillier, sm. gardener Es 138 cortois, adj. courtly, good Pa 35 cortoisie, sf. courtly virtue, goodness Pa 30*, 38 cousine, sf. ... books.google.be/books?isbn=1904713092 |
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