Middle English Dictionary Entry
corb n.
Entry Info
| Forms | corb n. Also croub. |
| Etymology | OF corb, var. of corp. The form croub perh. influenced by croue. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. corbel, corbet, corbin.
1.
A raven; blak ~, black raven feathers.
Associated quotations
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)1369 : Amoryus..a bugyl off blak corbe dyd set on hys helmet.
- a1500 When nettuls (BodPoet e.1)p.269 : Whan crowbes tak sarmon in wodes and parkes, And be tak with swyftes and snaylys.