coffre (c.1240)
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coffre (c.1240)

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  FEW:  cophinus 2/ii,1152b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cofre 9,118b TL: cofre 2,524 DEAF:  cofre  DMF:  coffre  TLF:  coffre  OED:  coffer n.  MED:  cofre n.  DMLBS:  cophinus 486c
coeffre,  coefre;  coffer,  coffere,  coffir;  cofer,  cofere,  cofir,  cofre;  cooffre,  coufre,  crofe  ii 125.1  

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1domesticbox, trunk, chest, case (for storing or transporting valuables): 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Fetes […] mes coferes overir E mes vestemens metez avant  163.113
( MS: s.xiii )  clitella: cofre  30
( MS: s.xiii ) onofora: (C*) gallice coffres  ii 146.45
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ne lessent cofre ne forcer  1753
( MS: s.xiii2 )  scrinia: cofirs  i 160
( MS: s.xiii2 )  clitella: (D) cofre (var. (T: s.xiii/xiv) fardel)  ii 19
( 1373 )  les queux deux lettres sont mys en le coffre pardesuis la receyte de la duchié de Lancastre  748
♦unitvolumetrunk, chest: 
( 1430 )  .xxxiij. bales, .iiij. coffer, .xx. fardels  109
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1298 )  Thomas le Coffer  Coffer
( 1299 )  John Coffere  Coffer

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1finan.coffers, treasury: 
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  .iij. mille li. d’ore et d’argent de les cofres nostre seignur le roy  87.30
( 1401-02; MS: s.xv1 )  les .ccc. marcz […] d’estre liverez a voz cofrez propres  393.18
clerc, garde des coffres
1occupationtreasurer, cofferer (of royal or noble household): 
( 1433-34; MS: c.1449 )  G. de F. clerc et garde dé privés coffres  B194
garde des coffres
1occupationtreasurership: 
( 1433-34; MS: c.1449 )  aprés ce qu’il fut dischargié de la garde des coffres de mondit seigneur  B175
coffin  coffrer  coffret 
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