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coife (1155)
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The form quaif is a cross reference to the following entry:

coife (1155)

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caife;  choife;  cofe,  coif,  coiff,  coiffe,  coifve;  koife;  quaif  (cofie)  
  FEW:  cofia 2/i,836a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  coife 9,119c TL: coife 2,531 DEAF:  coife  DMF:  coiffe  TLF:  coiffe  OED:  coif n.  MED:  coif(e n.  DMLBS:  coifa 375a

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1costumecap, headgear: 
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec thiara: coife  TLL i 416
( MS: s.xiii2 )  tena: (D) gallice koyfe  TLL ii 18
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  felouns […] dechaucez et deceyntz, sauntz coyfe, et a teste descoverte  BRITT i 35
( MS: s.xiiiex )  mitras: coyfes  TLL ii 57.91
( MS: s.xiiiex )  pilleus gallice: hure vel coyfe  Vernac Glosses 26
♦ armourcostume skullcap (of chain mail or leather) worn under a helmet: 
( MS: s.xiii )  galeas: cayfas  TLL ii 151.49
2costumehood, cowl: 
( MS: s.xiii )  cuculla: (C) coyfe  TLL ii 26
♦armourcoif, hood of chain mail: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Li healmes fendi e quassa, La coiffe del halberc falsa  Brut WACE 12692
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Cheent mailes, fausent hobercs E les choifes tut en travers  Ipom BFR 10196
( c.1185 )  Tresparmi le (=helmet) […] fent E pus la coife de l’osberc  Proth ANTS 5891
3caul, hair-net: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  reticulo: (D) coife (var. (R: s.xiii1) calle)  Gloss Nequam1 244
( MS: s.xiii )  reticula: (A) quaif  TLL ii 53.91
4face, head: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Yveresce fet coyfe de bricoun Rouge teint saunz vermeilloun  BIBB ROTH (G) 507
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Cestui garçoun […] at une coyfe de mult orde fame  BOZ Char 411
5 name (used as a surname): 
( 1194-5 )  Robertus Coiff  Pipe Roll xiv 144
coife de cuir
costumeleather cap: 
( MS: s.xiii )  Nunc peplo intemperiem aeris excipiat, nunc corrolla (gloss: coife de quir) nunc coracalla vel crinali vel reciculo comarum discurentium libertatem refrenat  TLL i 183.66 and ii 111.66
coife de lin, linge
costumecloth cap: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  caracala: coife de lin  TLL ii 99.66
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  corocalla: cofie de linge  TLL ii 83.66

See also:

coifar  coifer  coifere  coifstere 
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