trufler (s.xiiiin)
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trufler (s.xiiiin)

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[FEW: 13/ii,385a tuber; Gdf: 8,98a trufer; GdfC: ∅; TL: 10,706 trufer; DEAF:  trufe (trufer); DMF:  truffer; TLF: ∅; OED:  trifle v.; MED:  truflen v.; DMLBS: 3514a trufare]
 

v.n.

1to talk nonsense, jest: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  Jo ne vinc pas ci pur trufler Ne pur vos fals deus aorer  BB 4987
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  Mes defautes [...]: c'est de flaiteries, de mensoignes, ou en bourdant ou truflant  9.18
( MS: s.xv )  nenior: trufler  i 156
trufle  trufleis  truflerie  truflur  truflure 
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