pelfre (c.1136-37)
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pelfre (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 3,395b faluppa; Gdf: 6,69a pelfre 1; GdfC: ∅; TL: 7,595 pelfre; DEAF: F314 feupe; DMF:  pelfre; TLF: ∅; OED:  pelf n. / pelfry n. / pilfer n.; MED:  pelf(e n. / pilfre n.; DMLBS: 2168c pelfa ]
peolfre;  pulfre  

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1coll.stolen goods: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si qe le roi ne perdra les pelfres ne les chatieux des felouns  148
( s.xivm )  Sacramentum theolonarii portus [...] Ne nuil de pulfre ou d'altre suspecioun soeffrey entrer ne issir a moun poair  i 55
♦coll.mil.pilfer, spoils, booty: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  li Flameng [...] Chargiez s'en vont en lur pais De la pelfre d'Engleis chaitifs  5182
( s.xiv2/3; MS: s.xivex )  prist or et argent [...] a soi mesmez, et tout l'autre peolfre dona il as aultrez hommes de l'ost  294
2coll.frippery, small items: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Coutelez, forces, aumosnieres Ovec autres pelfres meins chieres  19776
feupe  pelfrer 
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