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chanfrein (c.1170)
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The form chaunfer is a cross reference to the following entry:

chanfrein (c.1170)

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chanfrain,  chanfran,  chanefren,  chanffrein,  chanfren;  canffrein,  kanfrein,  kanffrein;  champfrein;  chaunfren  (chaunfer  ii 120,  chufrint  242)  
  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:  champfrain n.  MED:  chaumfrein n.  DMLBS: ∅

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mil.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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