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croft (s.xiii)
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The form croufte is a cross reference to the following entry:

croft (s.xiii)

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crofte;  crouft,  croufte,  cruffte,  cruft,  crufte  (crufteyt ),
(pl. crofs)  
  FEW:  crypta *2/ii,1384a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  croft  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  croft n.1  MED:  croft n.  DMLBS:  crofta 520c
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.

agriculturalcroft, (small) enclosed field (usually attached to a farm or homestead): 
( MS: s.xiii )  arcifinii: (A) croftes (var. (C: xiiiex) les foreres; (D: xiii/xiv) crufftis, finis, forreris; (L: xiiiex) crufteyt; (O: xii/xiii) cruftes; (T: xii/xiii) crofs)  TLL ii 38
( 1260; MS: c.1300 )  un acre de terre ou demy ou toft ou croft  Brev Plac 3
( 1294 )  un mes e une croufte  YBB 21-22 Ed I 619
( 1302 )  nostre seignour le roy avoit ordiné e graunté pur la cresaunz de la dit vile e pur son profit les croftes e les voides places qe gisent dentz le paliz de la vile  Northern Pet 44
( 1341 )  un mesuage et une crofte ou comune en .cc. acres de more et bruere  YBB Ed III vi 183
( 1409 )  ils purront couper tout le boys cressant deins les ditz croftes […] pour enclosers affaire  Ripon ii 144

See also:

crote2  cruft 
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