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atiffement (s.xii3/4)

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

atiffement (s.xii3/4)

atifement;  entiffement  
  FEW:  *tipfôn 17,332a Gdf: GdfC:  atifement 8,229a TL: atifement 1,640 DEAF:  tifer (atifement)  DMF:  attifement  TLF:  attifement  OED:  atiffement n.  MED:  atiffement n.  DMLBS:

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1decor.decoration, adornment
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  N’i ai acreu l’estoire ne jo n’i ost nient; Pur plaisir as oianz est un atiffement  Rom Chev ANTS P15
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  Jeo vus dirai un leger atifement: lavez la face […]  Orn Dames 536
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  L’espuse a l’aignel signefie […] Seinte Iglise ke li Fiz Deu par sa mort en croiz cunquist […] e sun atyffement signefie L’aurnement de baptesme e confessiun ke seintefie  Apoc giffard 3636
decor.adornment, titivation
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  E mirurs est pur enseigner Coment li home se deit atiffer, Cist (=the poet’s work, the Mirror) enseigne veiraiement Des vertuz tut l’atiffement  Mirur2 168
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  luxurie […] par atiffement e fole contenance  Pecchez 210rb
2equipment
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  une nef de Loundres de ryche atiffement  LANGTOFT wright ii 38
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