† corsaint Obs.
Forms: 4 cors seynt, cors-sancte, cor-seynt, corseint, -sant, -saunt, -sand, 4–5 -saynt, -seynt, 5 coresaynte.
[a. OF. cors saint, mod.F. corps saint holy body, body of a saint.]
The body of a saint; a sainted person, (departed) saint (considered as locally present where his or her body rests).
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8740 And hys ymage ful feyre depeynte Ryȝt as he were a cors seynt. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. vi. 23 Knowest þou ouht a Corseynt Men calleþ Seynt Treuþe? c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Clemens 873 Þat cristine mene suld nocht mak Cors-sancte of hyme, na honoure do. 1393 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) 186 [At the] hegh auter in the wirschip of the haly corsand. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1164 He sekez seyntez bot seldene..That thus clekys this corsaunt owt of þir heghe clyffez. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 2 Saynt cuthbert lyfe who lyste to lere, And forto knawe þat coresaynte clere. a 1500 Chaucer's Dreme 942 He trowed hire compleynt Shold after cause hire be corseynt. |