coffin (1140-50)
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coffin (1140-50)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1153b cophinus; Gdf: 2,168b cofin; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,523 cofin; DEAF:  cofin; DMF:  couffin; TLF:  couffin; OED:  coffin n.; MED:  cofin n.; DMLBS: 486c cophinus ]
coffine,  coffyn;  cofin,  cophin,  kofin, 
pl. cofyngs  124  

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1basket, chest, container: 
( 1230-53 )  E du relief ki est remis, Douze coffins sunt emplis  1262
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  cophinis: (D) cofins(var. (C: xiii2) hanapers; (L: xiii/xiv) hanaper)  ii 75
( 1417-18 )  les avantditz evydencez […] en diverse kofyns et boxez mys  382
( 1436 )  j. coffin aveque peinte pot  96
♦culin.pastry-case: 
( s.xivin )  festes de cest past coffyns de hautesce de deus deis  864.11
( 1361-62 )  cofyns de anys confyt et gobetes reale  126
2body, passenger or goods compartment of a cart: 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Le cofyn del char ou le enclouer  31
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1140-50 )  Pagan Cofin  Coffin
( 1166 )  Helias Cofin  Coffin
( 1270 )  John Coffyn  Coffin
coffre  coffrer  coffret 
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