bifle (1166-7)

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bifle (1166-7)

  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:
bife,  biffe,  biphe,  bise (l. bife)  19 biflor  ii 60.90 blufe (l. bufle)  ii 50.90  

s.

1costume(thin, threadbare, peasant’s) cloak
( MS: s.xiiiin )  lacerna est pallium tam leve et tenue [...] et dicitur gallice biffe  14
( MS: s.xiii1 )  cerapelline: bifle, chenese  ii 99.66
( MS: s.xiii1 )  penula duos habet sensus [...] in alio sensu est vestis, in romano (D) biphe  258
( MS: s.xiii )  campestria: bifes  i 227
( MS: s.xiii2 )  recinium: (C) cheynse ridé, bifle (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) chemese redelé; (L: s.xiii/xiv) suttany)  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 )  ii 138.59
2 namecostume (used as a name)
( 1166-7 )  Filius Biffe  xi 27
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