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

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

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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  140.Y1057
( MS: c.1335 )  Si ja ne fust fenestre overte, Si pout um vere de lover  iii 156.133
( 1422-23 )  Item, pur .x. bordes pur .ij. lovers en le meson de Baker chescun .viij. d. - .vj. s. .viij. d.  10 Henry V
( MS: s.xiii2 )  lodium: (C) lover(var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) lovere; (L: s.xiii/xiv) luvere)  ii 79.168
2build.gutter: 
( MS: s.xii ) impluvium: .i. luver  i 21
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiiin )  hoc pluviale, .i. luver  91
( MS: c.1250 )  hoc imbrex: lover  i 421.111
( MS: s.xiiiex )  impluvium: lovir; gallice luver  ii 167
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