cuivre1 (1121-25)
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cuivre1 (1121-25)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1614a cyprium; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,264b cuivre; TL: 2,1145 cuivre 1; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  cuivre 1; TLF:  cuivre; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 535b cuprum ]
coivre,  cuiver;  keuvre,  kivre;  qevre,  queivre,  quevre;  quifvre,  quiver,  quivere,  quivre,  quievre,  quivure;  quyver,  quyvere,  quyvre,  guivere,  quiovere  220,  quire (l. qivre?)  ii 192.22,  quivrei  ii 96.171  

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1metalcopper, red-brown and malleable metal: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Ne puis vomir pur le quivere Que cil (=devils) la (=in Hell) me firent beivre  1421
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Forgent fer e ascer e quivre e areins  6077
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et puis trencher les par menues pieces et puis batre en un morter de quevre  330.25
( MS: s.xiiiex ) cupro: (C) de quyvere (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) quivre, copur;  (L: s.xiii) de guivere )  ii 127.10
( c.1433-34 )  .j. bacin de cuyver a laver les pees dedens  C253
cuivre gris
1alchem.metalantimonio-sulphide or arsenio-sulphide of copper: 
( 1485-1509 )  le brocour avera pur brocage […] Quiv’ rouge, quyv’ grey pur la value de chescun .xx. s. en money – .ij. d.  E163/9/21 f.20r
cuivre rouge
1alchem.metalcuprite, cuprous oxide: 
( 1485-1509 )  le brocour avera pur brocage […] Quiv’ rouge, quyv’ grey pur la value de chescun .xx. s. en money – .ij. d.  E163/9/21 f.20r
pudre de cuivre
1metalcopper powder, small particles of copper: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Item: jus de milfoil triblé e prent e poudre de qevre e de un keuz ad rasur mettez en cel jus, ad cocher mettez ad oil e garré  330.25
coper#1  cuivré 
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