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

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[ FEW: 1,355b *biff-; Gdf: 1,648c biffe; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,974 bife 2; 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  

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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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