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menever (c.1300)
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The form menver is a cross reference to the following entry:

menever (c.1300)

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manever,  menevayr,  menevere,  meneveyr,  menevoir,  menevoire,  meniver,  menivieyr,  menuveyr,  menuvoyr,  menyver,  menyvere,  menyvoir;  menveer,  menver,  menvoir  (manevoir  Rot Parl1 iv 235,  menenoir (l. menevoir)  Foedera1 ii 203)  
  FEW:  varius 14,184b Gdf:  menu (menu vair) 5,245c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  vair (menuvair)  DMF:  menu-vair  TLF: ∅ OED:  miniver n. and adj.  / pured a. and n. (pured miniver)  MED:  meni-ver n.  DMLBS:  menevera 1762b

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skinsminiver, grey and white fur cut from a red squirrel's winter coat: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Colur unt de menvers, E mult orrible cheres  Div Mun 513
( 1322 )  un chaperon de menuveyr  TNA SC 8/4/193
( 1364-72 )  qe a nostre trescher filz [...] facez liverer deux cloches figurees de menevoire  TNA E101/395/2/46
( 1406 )  nulle furrure d'ermyne, letuce, menyver ou pure de grey  Rot Parl1 iii 593
menever puré
skinsminiver with all grey trimmed off: 
( 1364-72 )  une furure de sys cent sessante et sys ventres de menveer puree, une furure de quatre cen cynquante et oyt ventres de menveer puree  TNA E 101/395/2/154

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See also:

grisoevere  menu  vair1 
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