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cuivre1 (1121-25)
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The form qevre is a cross reference to the following entry:

cuivre1 (1121-25)

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coivre,  cuiver;  keuvre,  kivre;  qevre,  queivre,  quevre;  quifvre,  quiver,  quivere,  quivre,  quievre,  quivure;  quyver,  quyvere,  quyvre  (guivere,  quiovere  Goldsmiths 220,  quire (l. qivre?)  TLL ii 192.22,  quivrei  TLL ii 96.171)  
  FEW:  cyprium 2/ii,1614a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cuivre 9,264b TL: cuivre 1 2,1145 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  cuivre 1  TLF:  cuivre  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  cuprum 535b

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metalcopper, red-brown and malleable metal: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Ne puis vomir pur le quivere Que cil (=devils) la (=in Hell) me firent beivre  S Brend mup 1421
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Forgent fer e ascer e quivre e areins  Rom Chev ANTS 6077
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et puis trencher les par menues pieces et puis batre en un morter de quevre  Pop Med 330.25
( MS: s.xiiiex ) cupro: (C) de quyvere (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) quivre, copur;  (L: s.xiii) de guivere )  TLL ii 127.10
( c.1433-34 )  .j. bacin de cuyver a laver les pees dedens  Bedford Inventories C253
cuivre gris
alchem.metalantimonio-sulphide or arsenio-sulphide of copper: 
( 1485-1509 )  le brocour avera pur brocage […] Quiv’ rouge, quyv’ grey pur la value de chescun .xx. s. en money – .ij. d.  TNA E163/9/21 f.20r
cuivre rouge
alchem.metalcuprite, cuprous oxide: 
( 1485-1509 )  le brocour avera pur brocage […] Quiv’ rouge, quyv’ grey pur la value de chescun .xx. s. en money – .ij. d.  TNA E163/9/21 f.20r
pudre de cuivre
metalcopper powder, small particles of copper: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Item: jus de milfoil triblé e prent e poudre de qevre e de un keuz ad rasur mettez en cel jus, ad cocher mettez ad oil e garré  Pop Med 330.25

See also:

coper1  cuivré 
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