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buffe (1165-80 (?))

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buffe (1165-80 (?))

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[ FEW: 1,597b buff-; Gdf: 1,750c buffe 2; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,1189 bufe; DEAF: bufe 1; DMF: buffe; TLF: buffe; OED: bouffe n.1; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

buf, bufe; bouffe; bofe, boffe , bef 30-31 Ed I 109

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1also_fig.blow:

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii^ex ) pus tele buffe a le neim dona Ke quatre denz li eslocha 613

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) Vilaine buffe lui asist Desuz l’oie 5101

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) une buffe lui a assise De pleine paume enz en la gise 6683

( MS: s.xiii ) colaphus: buf 166

( MS: s.xiii² ) alapam: buffe ii 171

♦fig.blow, damage:

( 1369; MS: s.xv¹ ) les Franceois ont desja doné une tiel bufe a la principauté que nous ne purrons recoverir a grand temps 200.138.81

2meteo.puff (of wind):

( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Harpe, gige […] N’i valdreient un buf de vent 203.122

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) Dunc (if the foundation is on solid rock) n’averum guarde ke buffe de bise le reverse i 24

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) une petite buffe de vent la (=dust) departe tut a nient 26.15

♦meteo.whirlwind:

( MS: s.xiii ) turbine: turbo, turbinis, gallice bufe i 133

( MS: s.xiii ) impetus: venti turbo, bofe 27

3outburst:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Si li malfee entre vous vente nule buffe de corouz ou de gros queor 175.17-18

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