"cours" meaning in Middle English

See cours in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kuːrs/, /kurs/ Forms: cors [alternative], cource [alternative], course [alternative], cowrs [alternative], cowrse [alternative], curs [alternative], kours [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French cours, curs, from Latin cursus; compare Middle Dutch coers. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|cours}} Old French cours, {{der|enm|la|cursus}} Latin cursus, {{cog|dum|coers}} Middle Dutch coers Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} cours, {{enm-adj}} cours
  1. Ordinary, coarse; of inferior grade or quality.
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-adj-X3gvX97M Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Landforms, Water Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 17 8 8 5 3 10 10 10 11 13 7 Disambiguation of Landforms: 14 9 6 4 12 9 9 9 10 15 1 Disambiguation of Water: 31 0 0 1 24 0 0 0 19 24 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Travel Disambiguation of Travel: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /kuːrs/, /kurs/ Forms: courses [plural], cors [alternative], cource [alternative], course [alternative], cowrs [alternative], cowrse [alternative], curs [alternative], kours [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French cours, curs, from Latin cursus; compare Middle Dutch coers. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|cours}} Old French cours, {{der|enm|la|cursus}} Latin cursus, {{cog|dum|coers}} Middle Dutch coers Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cours, {{enm-noun|courses}} cours (plural courses)
  1. A charge; a forceful move.
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-noun-eUOo69W~
  2. A course or path:
    (astronomy) The path of a celestial body.
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-noun-tpy-Uzvg Categories (other): Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. A course or path:
    (usually nautical) The direction something is headed.
    Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-noun-zh6lg26f Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
  4. A course or path:
    A watercourse (path taken by water)
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-noun-TuYzrRmR Categories (other): Landforms Disambiguation of Landforms: 14 9 6 4 12 9 9 9 10 15 1
  5. A series of occurrences; a course of time:
    An advance through an event or series.
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  6. A series of occurrences; a course of time:
    A time when an event is due.
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-noun-fr0d2SeU Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 0 0 27 45 27 0 0 0
  7. A series of occurrences; a course of time:
    A (often usual) process or sequence.
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-noun-AcmlrN~T
  8. Customary behaviour or nature; custom:
    A course of a meal.
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-noun-ZOgIdLrS Categories (other): Landforms Disambiguation of Landforms: 14 9 6 4 12 9 9 9 10 15 1
  9. Customary behaviour or nature; custom:
    Human behaviour; deportment.
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-noun-PO3sjs5n Categories (other): Human behaviour, Landforms Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 4 3 2 1 1 3 3 3 11 70 0 Disambiguation of Landforms: 14 9 6 4 12 9 9 9 10 15 1
  10. (architecture) A course of stones.
    Sense id: en-cours-enm-noun-KtX4hSO6 Categories (other): Architecture Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: courser, coursly
Categories (other): Travel Disambiguation of Travel: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "[…] and the young Sun / has made half its journey in Aries, / while small birds make melodies […]",
          "ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto, lines 7-9:",
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    },
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