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forure1 (s.xii2/4)
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forure1 (s.xii2/4)

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ferure;  forrure;  fourrure;  furrer  
  FEW:  *fodr 15/ii,160a / fodr 3,674b Gdf:  forreure 4,94b GdfC:  fourreure 9,652c TL: forrëure 2 3,2137 DEAF:  fuerre2 (forreüre)  DMF:  fourrure  TLF:  fourrure  OED:  furrure n.  MED:  furrure n.  DMLBS:  furrura 1038b

Despite the difference in meaning, this word derives from the same etymon as furrure. Compare DMF fourrer 2 which combines the sense of 'to line with fur' and 'to plunge a sword into' (sense C.1)

s.

sheath, scabbard: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Quant le vit Guenes, mist la main a l’espee; Cuntre dous deie l’ad del furrer getee  Roland 444
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  (the sword) Ne fait a sake[r] (M.E. draw) a la ferure (M.E. schyth)  bibb MS (O) 333ra
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 )  Moun dage et moun cutelle bien trenchant, la gaigne beal, Espeye et bokeler d'acer fyn ov beal forure et lemel novel  Man lang ANTS 78.27
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  mez je voile my traire mon espeie hors de la forure saunz graund eie  Liber Donati (D) 25.304
( c.1433-34 )  xiiij forrures de costes de sables, chescun fourrure contenant C. costes  Bedford Inventories C241

See also:

forel  fuerre2  furrer  furrure 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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