coverfeu (1285)
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coverfeu (1285)

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  FEW:  cooperire 2/ii,1143b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  couvrefeu 9,236a TL: cuevrefeu 2,1123 DEAF:  covrir (cuevrefeu)  DMF:  couvre-feu  TLF:  couvre-feu  OED:  curfew n.  MED:  curfeu n.  DMLBS: ∅
coverfew,  coverfu;  couverfeu,  covrefeu;  coeverfu;  coevrefeu;  cuverefeu;  corfeu,  corfu,  courfu,  curfu;  curfeu,  curfieu  

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1curfew: 
( 1285 )  qe nul ne seit si hardi estre trové alaunt ne wacraunt par my les ruwes de la Citee aprés coeverfu parsoné a Seint Martyn le Grand  i 102
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  fai piles […] et si les donés au malades [sic] […] aprés covrefeu  331.1
( 1321 )  aprés coverfu (var. corfeu; curfu) soné  Ed II xxvi 111
( c.1350; MS: c.1350 )  tantoust aprés cuverefeu soné en l’abbeye  101
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