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[sifler] (c.1135)
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[sifler] (c.1135)

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chifler,  cifflier,  cifler,  ciphler,  siffler,  siflir,  siflyr   (schifler  (ms. eschifler) ),
(Ind.Pr.3 sule (l. sifle))  
  FEW:  sibliare 11,566b Gdf:  chifler 2,124a GdfC:  siffler 10,674a TL: sifler 9,642 DEAF:  siffler  DMF:  siffler  TLF:  siffler  OED:  siffle n.  MED:  siflen v.  DMLBS:  sibilare 3066b

v.trans.

soundto whistle: 
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  pria qu'il ly vodreynt soffryr sifler une note  Fouke ANTS 16.33

v.intrans.

1soundrept.(of serpent or similar) to hiss: 
( c.1135; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  dragun [...] Curuça sei et si sifla  S Marg wace 315
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  quant leon, forment fremir, e sifler quant il fust serpent  Dial Greg SATF 8505
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Chate mimoune, cerpent cifle (M.E. cisses)  BIBB ROTH (G) 254
( s.xivin; MS: s.xv1 )  serpent cifflie (M.E. addere cissit)  Fem2 6.13
♦soundorn.(of goose or similar) to hiss: 
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Sicome l’enfant se tourne en voie, Et n’ose aler avant la voie Pour l’oue que luy sifflera  GOWER Mirour 5511
2soundto whistle: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii1 )  En la chartre estuit, fortment prist a siflyr  S Marg Camb 173
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Tant come il sifla, tut le plus de les chevalers e serjauntz furent decoupees  Fouke ANTS 16.36
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Homme seriement sule (l. sifle) (M.E. wysteluth)  Nominale 159

sbst. inf.

pathol. ringing (of the ear): 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  la dolor de la teste d'opilation del cervel ke vus conoistret par soniz e siffler en les orayles  A-N Med ii 138

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See also:

chufleis  chuffur  eschifler  resifler  sibler  sifle  siflement  siflet 
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