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fur1 (c.1200)

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

fur1 (c.1200)

four,  foure,  fourr,  fourre;  furre, 
(pl. fowers)  
  FEW:  fodr *3,672b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  fur n.1  MED:  furre n.  DMLBS:
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.

skinsfur, skin
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Il n'unt viande, ke mult lur fait nuauz, Kar cele fur faut qu'il porterent od eus, De tutes pars sunt il en grant destreit  Anc Test (B) 2175
( 1402 )  ne qe nulle clerc use furre de menyvere, ne de puree de gray ne de byce, ne nulle manere de hernois endorrez, s'il ne soit d'estat ou degrees avauntditz  Rot Parl1 iii 506
( 1429-30 )  j foure de fwyne  Port Bk studer 108
( 1435 )  ii fowers val. i noble  Port Bk foster 24
costumeskinslining, fur-lining
( 1429 )  mon hopland de scarlet et le fur de mesme  Reg Chich ii 385
( c.1433-34 )  xv fourres de dos de sables, chescun fourreure de une C  Bedford Inventories C 240

See also:

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.
fourre