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chevre (1086)
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chevre (1086)

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cevre;  cievre;  cheifre;  chever,  chevere,  cheuvre;  chiefre;  chiever,  chievere,  chievre;  chiver;  (cheffe  188,  chieuvre 93.753,  chyvyer,  severe  72)  
  FEW:  capra 2/i,294b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  chevre 9,76c TL: chievre 2,403 DEAF:  chievre  DMF:  chèvre  TLF:  chèvre  OED:  chiever n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  capra 273c / caprea 274a

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1zool.mammalslivestockgoat, domesticated ruminant with horns and beard kept for milk, wool, skin and meat: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Chevere est un itel beste Qui munted alt pur pestre  1775
( MS: s.xii2 )  caper, capra: got .j. cevre  i 22
( MS: c.1250 )  hec capra vel hic hircus: chevere  i 425
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  mege de lait de cievre  253.S53.11
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) capellas: (D*) gallice cheveres  ii 141.73
2astron.Capricorn, tenth astrological sign in the zodiac: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  [C]apricornum dunerent A decembre e poserent, Que nus ‘chevre’ apelum  1425
( 1256; MS: c.1300 )  Cest meis Decembre tent ver sei Signe de chevere  1156
3fig.lecher: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  L’une dist ke le soen mari Est lere […]. L’autre dist ke le soen est un chevre  1399
4 name (used as surname): 
( 1086 )  William Chevre  Chivers
( 1186 )  Hamelin Chievre  Chivers
( 1327 )  Nicholas le Chiver  Chivers
( 1379 )  Willelmo Chyvyer  Chivers
fel de chevre
fel1
lange de chevre
bot.hart’s tongue fern: 
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  Lingua hircina, […] gallice, lange de cheuvre  103.17
( MS: s.xv )  Lingua Hircina: (C39) gallice de langue clevere (l. langue de chevre), anglice ribbewort  162
leit de chevre
leit

See also:

cheverel1  cheverele  cheveril1  cheveret  cheverie  cheverot  chevrun1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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