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pelfrer (c.1184)
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pelfrer (c.1184)

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pelfer,  pelfir;  pelefrer  
  FEW:  faluppa 3,395b Gdf:  pelfir 6,69a / pelfrer 6,69a GdfC: ∅ TL: pelfrer 7,596 DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  pelf v.  / pilfer v.  MED:  pelfen v.  DMLBS:  pelfare 2168c

v.trans.

mil.to pilfer, rob, pillage: 
( c.1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  La curt l’arcevesque palfrerent Cum robeur. Les cofres pur tresors depecerent  S Thom beneit1 1778
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  N'out maisun ke il ne pelefrerent  S Edm Life ANTS 2356
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  li Longebard [...] se pristrent [...] Les uns (=monks) lier e tourmenter Les autres robber e pelfrer  Dial Greg SATF 1748
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Li Sarasins unt grant glorie [...]. Quant tuz les mors un pelfrez [...]  Mir N-D 233.47
♦fig.to take against one's will: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii1 )  si ma char est pelfree M'alme ert en ciel hautement corunee  S Marg Camb 160

p.p. as a.

destitute: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Sur la roche [...] Trovent seant homme nud. Mult ert periz (var. (A: s.xivin) pelfiz; (E: s.xiii1) pelfés) e detirez, Delacherez e descirez  S Brend mup 1223 (var.)

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See also:

pelfre 
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