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[ FEW: 2/i,836a cofia; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,119c coife; TL: 2,531 coife; DEAF: coife; DMF: coiffe; TLF: coiffe; OED: coif n.; MED: coif(e n.; DMLBS: 375a coifa ]

caife; choife; cofe, coif, coiff, coiffe, coifve; koife; quaif, cofie

s.1cap, headgear ♦ skullcap (of chain mail or leather) worn under a helmet 2hood, cowl ♦ coif, hood of chain mail 3caul, hair-net 4face, head 5(used as a surname)

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1costumecap, headgear:

( MS: c.1250 ) Hec thiara: coife i 416

( MS: s.xiii² ) tena: (D) gallice koyfe ii 18

( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) felouns […] dechaucez et deceyntz, sauntz coyfe, et a teste descoverte i 35

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) mitras: coyfes ii 57.91

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) pilleus gallice: hure vel coyfe 26

♦ armour costume skullcap (of chain mail or leather) worn under a helmet:

( MS: s.xiii ) galeas: cayfas ii 151.49

2costumehood, cowl:

( MS: s.xiii ) cuculla: (C) coyfe ii 26

♦armourcoif, hood of chain mail:

( 1155; MS: s.xii^ex ) Li healmes fendi e quassa, La coiffe del halberc falsa 12692

( c.1185; MS: s.xiii^m ) Cheent mailes, fausent hobercs E les choifes tut en travers 10196

( c.1185 ) Tresparmi le (=helmet) […] fent E pus la coife de l’osberc 5891

3caul, hair-net:

( MS: s.xiii¹ ) reticulo: (D) coife(var. (R: s.xiii¹) calle) 244

( MS: s.xiii ) reticula: (A) quaif ii 53.91

4face, head:

( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 ) Yveresce fet coyfe de bricoun Rouge teint saunz vermeilloun 507

( c.1305; MS: c.1330 ) Cestui garçoun […] at une coyfe de mult orde fame 411

5 name (used as a surname):

( 1194-5 ) Robertus Coiff xiv 144

coife de cuir

1costumeleather cap:

( MS: s.xiii ) Nunc peplo intemperiem aeris excipiat, nunc corrolla gloss: coife de quir nunc coracalla vel crinali vel reciculo comarum discurentium libertatem refrenat i 183.66 and ii 111.66

coife de lin, linge

1costumecloth cap:

( MS: s.xiii¹ ) caracala: coife de lin ii 99.66

( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) corocalla: cofie de linge ii 83.66

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