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lover (s.xii)
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lover (s.xii)

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lovere,  lovir;  luver,  luvere,  luvire  (luvel  TLL ii 148.79)  
  FEW:  lupus 5,458b Gdf:  lovier 1 5,44a GdfC: ∅ TL: lovier 1 5,701 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  louvre  TLF: ∅ OED:  louvre n.1  MED:  lover(e n.1  DMLBS:  lovarium 1647a

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1build.louvre, construction on the roof of a building with openings for the passage of smoke or light: 
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  N'i ad lover, n'i ad fenestre  Pr Jean3 140.Y1057
( MS: c.1335 )  Si ja ne fust fenestre overte, Si pout um vere de lover  Harley Complete iii 156.133
( 1422-23 )  Item, pur .x. bordes pur .ij. lovers en le meson de Baker chescun .viij. d. - .vj. s. .viij. d.  Mch Tayl Accs1 10 Henry V
( MS: s.xiii2 )  lodium: (C) lover (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) lovere; (L: s.xiii/xiv) luvere)  TLL ii 79.168
2build.gutter: 
( MS: s.xii ) impluvium: .i. luver  TLL i 21
( MS: s.xiii1/4 )  Hoc pluviale, id est luver  (ed. [p]luuer)  Gloss Bod 730 pims 91
( MS: c.1250 )  hoc imbrex: lover  TLL i 421.111
( MS: s.xiiiex )  impluvium: lovir; gallice luver  TLL ii 167

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