Obs. Also corde. [Aphetic form of ACCORD v.]
1. trans. To bring to agreement, reconcile; ACCORD v. 1.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 9722 (Cott.). Merci and hir sisters tua, Blithli wald i cord þam sua.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 92. Cordyd or accordyde, concordatus.
2. intr. Of persons: To come to agreement, agree with; to agree, assent to; = ACCORD v. 5, 6.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Serm., Sel. Wks. I. 101. Of a peny þou cordist wiþ me.
c. 1400. Apol. Loll., 91. To þis sentens I suppose Austeyn to cord.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas (1558), II. xxii. 6. Touching his dreme they corded all in one.
c. 1435. Torr. Portugal, 1359. I cord with that assent.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., II. 194. To gar thair myndis cord in one.
3. Of things: To agree, be in harmony; impers. to be suitable; = ACCORD v. 7, 8.
c. 1340. Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 316. Þos says þe prophet David, In a psalme þat cordes þar-wyth.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus [see ACCORD v. 8].
c. 1400. Apol. Loll., 30. It cordiþ to hem [prestis] to ȝeue comyn.
14[?]. Gram. Rules, in Reliq. Ant., II. 14. And how a nowne substantyfe Wylle corde with a verbe and a relatyfe.
a. 1500. Chaucer’s Dreme, 1250. Counsell cords not well in rime.
So † Cordable, † Cordant adjs., † Cordantly adv., = ACCORDABLE, etc.; † Cording vbl. sb., agreement, reconciliation = ACCORDING; † Cording ppl. a. and adv. = ACCORDING (in quot. 1593 quasi-prep. = ‘according to’).
a. 1300. Cursor M., 9515 (Cott.). A sample cordant [Trin. ensaumple cordyng], þat i tok Vte of sent Robert bok.
1382. Wyclif, 2 Chron. xx. 21. With cordaunt voice.
c. 1400. Apol. Loll., 6. Cordandli wiþ holi writ.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., VI. 214. And after oilderose We may baptize and name it, cordyng even.
1470–85. Malory, Arthur, I. xi. They … made grete ioye of their welfare and cordyng.
1483. Cath. Angl., 75. Cordynge in sang, concentus.
1485. Caxton, Paris & V. (1868), 3. This loue was not wel lykely ne cordable.
1593. T. Watson, Teares of Fancie, lix. 208. To paint thy glories cording their desart.
1860. Heavysege, Count Filippo, 22. As one struck string, To other cordant, with low breath responds.
