chanfrein (c.1170)
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chanfrein (c.1170)

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  FEW:  caput 2/i,336a Gdf:  gauffrain 4,246b GdfC:  chanfrein 1 9,37b TL: chanfrein 2,218 DEAF:  chief  DMF:  chanfrein  TLF:  chanfrein 1  OED:  chamfron n.  MED:  chaumfrein n.  DMLBS: ∅
canffrein;  champfrein;  chanefren,  chanffrein,  chanfrain,  chanfran,  chanfren;  chanfroun;  chaunfren,  chaunfreyn;  kanffrein,  kanfrein,  chaunfer  ii 120,  chufrint  242  

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1mil.armourhorseszool.chamfrain, frontlet (of a barded horse): 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Il aveit desuz li un bon amoravin […]; Li chanfrein k’out al chief, tut esteit argentin  2943
( MS: s.xiii )  salivare: chanfrein  ii 113
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  lupatum: (D) chanfren(var. (L: xiii/xiv) chanefren)  ii 67
( 1325 )  un peire de chanfrouns, un espe pur torney  71.34
( 1397 )  .j. chaunfreyn blanc dac’ p[u]r le teste d’un chival  206.143
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