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alfin (1174-75)

alfin (1174-75)

aufin,  aufyn  
  FEW:  fil 19,48a Gdf:  alfin 1,220b GdfC: TL: aufin 1,668 DEAF:  alfin  DMF:  aufin  TLF: OED:  alphin n.  MED:  aufin n.  DMLBS:  alfinus 61a

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chessgameselephant (precursor of modern bishop)
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mes les alfins ensemble treyount E altre foyth eschec diunt  Eschez ANTS 30.174
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  E fra le rei aler […] Entre le poun e le neir alfin  Eschez ANTS 11.101
( MS: s.xiiim )  Il me semble del munde cum de l'escheker U sunt reis e aufyns, roks e chevalers  Eschez Allegorical 9
fig.pawn
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  (Robert de Vaus) Ne volsist en l’eschekier devenir un alfin  FANT OUP 590
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