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

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[ FEW: 2/i,336a caput; Gdf: 4,246b gauffrain; GdfC: 9,37b chanfrein 1; TL: 2,218 chanfrein; DEAF:  chief; DMF:  chanfrein; TLF:  chanfrein 1; OED:  champfrain n.; MED:  chaumfrein n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
chanfrain,  chanfran,  chanefren,  chanffrein,  chanfren;  canffrein,  kanfrein,  kanffrein;  champfrein;  chaunfren,  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
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