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orfevresse (s.xiiiex)
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orfevresse (s.xiiiex)

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orfaveresse  
  FEW:  faber 3,342a Gdf:  orfevresse 5,631a GdfC: ∅ TL: orfaverresse 6,1245 DEAF:  orfevre (orfaverresse)  DMF:  orfèvresse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  aurifabra 163c

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femaleoccupationmetalmerch.female goldsmith, artisan who fashions gold into small articles, jewellery, decorations, etc., and offers them for sale: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Maladie si est nostre orfaveresse (var. (BN: s.xivin) orfevresse), pur nostre corune en paradis bien e bel sororrer [...]  Ancren2 257.25

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See also:

or1  orfeour  orferie  orfevre  orfevrie  orsmyth 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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