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runfler (s.xiiiin)

The form ronfler is a cross reference to the following entry:

runfler (s.xiiiin)

ronfler,  rumfler;  ruffler  
  FEW:  ronfl- 10,470b Gdf:  ronfler 7,237b GdfC:  ronfler 10,589b TL: ronfler 8,1458 DEAF:  ronfler  DMF:  ronfler  TLF:  ronfler  OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.intrans.

1soundto snore
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Com pors les verrés dormer e runfler  Boeve 1554
( MS: s.xiii )  runco, -as gallice: rumfler  Gloss Nequam1 261 (D) 187b
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  runco: runfler  TLL ii 83.70
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Femme en dormant ruffle  (M.E. routith)  Nominale 245
2zool.orn.soundto breathe noisily through the nostrils
( MS: 1272-82 )  Cel mal conustrez en le oysel qant aprés esbatement li enfle la teste et runfle des narils, ad bek overt  A-N Falconry 123.57
zool.mammalshorsessoundto snort
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  le destrer de la gule forment ad runflez  Boeve (D) 1261
3soundto snort, make a disapproving sound
( MS: s.xiii )  [ne rupre toral, ne sordida mappa] corruget [naris] (=makes you turn up your nose): runflet, runcit (l. [f]runcit?)  TLL i 63

sbst. inf.

soundsnoring
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Sardine [...] tolt le ronfler de nuit  Lapid 87.483

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