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[ FEW: 2/i,294b capra; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,76c chevre; TL: 2,403 chievre; DEAF: chievre; DMF: chèvre; TLF: chèvre; OED: chiever n.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 273c capra /274a caprea ]

cevre; cievre; cheifre; chever, chevere, cheuvre; chiefre; chiever, chievere, chievre; chiver; cheffe 188, chieuvre 93.753, chyvyer, severe 72

s.1goat, domesticated ruminant with horns and beard kept for milk, wool, skin and meat 2Capricorn, tenth astrological sign in the zodiac 3lecher 4(used as surname)

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1zool.mammals livestockgoat, domesticated ruminant with horns and beard kept for milk, wool, skin and meat:

( 1113-19; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) 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 91.691

( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) capellas: (D*) gallice cheveres ii 141.73

2astron.Capricorn, tenth astrological sign in the zodiac:

( 1113-19; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) [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.xiii^3/4 ) 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
fel#1

lange de chevre

1bot.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

cheverel#1 cheverele cheveril#1 cheveret cheverie cheverot chevrun#1

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