roife (s.xiiex)

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roife (s.xiiex)

[gdw]

[ FEW: 16,251b hruf; Gdf: 6,553c rafle 1; GdfC: ; TL: 8,1409 roife; DEAF:  roife; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
royf  

s._sg._and_pl.

1zool.rept.moulted skin of a snake
( MS: s.xv )  une serpent oste sa roife en frotant  101.S122
zool.costumerough animal skin used as clothing
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Nostre char [...] tendre est a freidure, De mortels bestes lui estoet coverture [...]. Por ceo me semble que malveis pris avons Quant n’est de nos iceo que nos preisons; Por altrui roifes et por altrui toisons, Nos dolentez a bien proef oblions  139
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  truans [...] En povre roife, dessirez, Proef trestoz nuz  9859
( MS: c.1330 )  Auxint =like a pepper corn fust de seintz gentz jadis: quant a foreyne apparance fuerunt despisables, mes quant a vertue del alme furent delitablez. Et ceo ne quidrent pas les autres quant les vierent entieres (var. (B: c.1330) en teu royf)  105 (var.)
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