"cowre" meaning in Middle English

See cowre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} cowre
  1. alternative form of couren Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: couren
    Sense id: en-cowre-enm-verb-i3YQ8-Vv Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "english": "For winter, with his rough winds and blasts, causeth lusty men and women to cower and sit by fires.",
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "ffor wynter wyth hys rowȝe wyndis and blaſtis cauſyth luſty men and women to cowre and to ſyt by fyres ⸝",
          "translation": "For winter, with his rough winds and blasts, causeth lusty men and women to cower and sit by fires.",
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          "text": "ffor wynter wyth hys rowȝe wyndis and blaſtis cauſyth luſty men and women to cowre and to ſyt by fyres ⸝",
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