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quivre1 (s.xii1)

The form cuivre3 is a cross reference to the following entry:

quivre1 (s.xii1)

coivre,  cuivre;  quevre,  quiver,  quivere,  quiveree,  quyver,  quyvere  (quiwere  TLL ii 5 );
pl. quiveresz  (quivris  TLL ii 59.83)  
  FEW:  *kukur 16,429b Gdf:  cuevre 1 2,394a GdfC: TL: cuivre 2 2,1146 DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  quiver n.1  MED:  quiver n.  DMLBS:

s.

weaponsmil.quiver, case for arrows
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Kar astetei li peccheur tendirent lur arc, apareilerent lur saietes en quivre (var. (C: s.xiim) quevre)  Oxf Ps1 12.X.2
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Duna saietes barbelees, Duna cuivres, duna escuz  Brut WACE 10608
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  David prist les armes d'or e les quivres d'or  Liv Reis1 73
( MS: c.1250 )  De armis domus [...] hec sagitta: sete; hec faretra: quiveree  TLL i 421.129
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ceo est la sete esleuwe dunt dit Ysaie K'al quivre Deu est muscé e mut bien nurie  Chant Chanz 947
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  pharetris: (O) quivres (var. (C: s.xiiiex) en quyveres; (L: s.xiiiex) quiveresz)  TLL ii 43.83
fig.quiverful, crowd
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Mais de povres lur vint grant quivre  Mirur3 5959

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