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fauf (s.xii1/3)
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fauf (s.xii1/3)

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falve;  faun,  faune;  fauve;  fave  
  FEW:  *falwa- 15/ii,106a Gdf:  fauve 3,735c GdfC:  falve 9,598b TL: fauve 3,1666 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  fauve  TLF:  fauve  OED:  fallow adj.1  MED:  falwe adj.2  DMLBS:  falvus 902a

a.

colourdun(-coloured), greyish-brown, dull: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Pyrites a falve culur  Lapid 66.909
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Mes el (=a girl) n'est pas fauve ne brune  marie Lais 90.590
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  fauf (M.E. donn) vache motee et toor  Nominale 720
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  praiere ou aloe ou fauve cruiere  Glan lex 59B
( MS: s.xiv )  gilvus: gallice faun  TLL ii 61
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  dosius: (D) faune (l. fauve?)  TLL ii 54

See also:

fauvel  fol2 
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