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bifle (1166-7)
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bifle (1166-7)

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bife,  biffe,  biphe  (bise (l. bife)  Vernac Glosses 19,  biflor  TLL ii 60.90,  blufe (l. bufle)  TLL ii 50.90)  
  FEW:  *biff- 1,355b Gdf:  biffe 1,648c GdfC: ∅ TL: bife 2 1,974 DEAF:  bife  DMF:  biffe  / bifle  TLF:  biffe 1  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1costume(thin, threadbare, peasant’s) cloak: 
( MS: s.xiiiin )  lacerna est pallium tam leve et tenue [...] et dicitur gallice biffe  Vernac Glosses 14
( MS: s.xiii1 )  cerapelline: bifle, chenese  TLL ii 99.66
( MS: s.xiii1 )  penula duos habet sensus [...] in alio sensu est vestis, in romano (D) biphe  Gloss Nequam1 258
( MS: s.xiii )  campestria: bifes  TLL i 227
( MS: s.xiii2 )  recinium: (C) cheynse ridé, bifle (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) chemese redelé; (L: s.xiii/xiv) suttany)  TLL ii 69.66
( MS: s.xiiiex ) lacernis: (C) biflez (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) bifles, yenne (l. þenne) mantil; (D*: s.xiii/xiv) mauntel de bifle;  (L: s.xiii) bife, mantel )  TLL ii 138.59
2 namecostume (used as a name): 
( 1166-7 )  Filius Biffe  Pipe Roll xi 27
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