coife (1155)
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coife (1155)

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  FEW:  cofia 2/i,836a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  coife 9,119c TL: coife 2,531 DEAF:  coife  DMF:  coiffe  TLF:  coiffe  OED:  coif n.  MED:  coif(e n.  DMLBS:  coifa 375a
caife;  choife;  coefe;  cofe,  coif,  coiff,  coiffe,  coifve,  coiphe;  koife;  quaif,  cofie  

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1 costume cap, 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.xiiiex )  mitras: coyfes  ii 57.91
( MS: s.xiiiex )  pilleus gallice: hure vel coyfe  26
( s.xv1/4 ) une coife  612
♦ armour costume skullcap (of chain mail or leather) worn under a helmet: 
( MS: s.xiii )  galeas: cayfas  ii 151.49
2 costume hood, cowl: 
( MS: s.xiii )  cuculla: (C) coyfe  ii 26
♦ armour coif, hood of chain mail: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Li healmes fendi e quassa, La coiffe del halberc falsa  12692
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  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
3 jewel.costume caul, headpiece for women designed as a decorative hair-net: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  reticulo: (D) coife(var. (R: s.xiii1) calle )  244
( MS: s.xiii )  reticula: (A) quaif  ii 53.91
( 1396-1404 ) Une coiffe en frontaigne, de quele coiffe a .xij. chastons d'or, garniz chescun d'un balay  155.R98
4 face, head: 
( 1235-55; 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
1 costume leather 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
1 costume cloth cap: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  caracala: coife de lin  ii 99.66
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  corocalla: cofie de linge  ii 83.66
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm )  Si metez l' emplastre sure le chif, en une coife line metez  195
coifar  coifer  coifere  coifstere 
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