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vair1 (c.1136-37)
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vair1 (c.1136-37)

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ver,  veer,  veir,  vert;  wer,  weyr  

a.

1bright, gleaming, shining: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  D'un ver samit s'est bien vestue  Waldef BB 1737
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  verz healmes en lur testes  Ch Guill 222
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  chevelure crespe e vaire  S Greg 488
2bright, sparkling: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  L'un oil vair, l'autre noir  Rom Chev ANTS 4045
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Oilz veirs, gros, duz, rianz  Horn 1256
3shimmering: 
( s.xiim; MS: s.xiiiin )  Chelonites [...] est purpre e vaire (Latin: purpureo varioque colore)  Lapid 106
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Entré est Alisandre einz la lande vaire  Rom Chev ANTS P 57
4colourskinsof grey and white squirrel fur: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Unc n'i out un sul ki servist en chemise, Mes en pelice vaire  Horn 922
(TBD)  hic ranus, -ni: peliçun veire  Gloss Glas (3) 161
5colourmottled, blotched: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  sa chiere ert vaire De maladie  Dial Greg SATF 8742
6horsescolourzool.skewbald: 
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  un vair destrer  Trist thomas2 2177

s.

1colourskinsgrey and white squirrel fur, minever: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Or e argent e veir e gris  GAIMAR1 5554
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ja ne vus faudreit mes or, argent, ver ne gris  Horn 1091
(TBD)  hic cismus est illud animal quod defert vayr et gris  Dictionarius (Gloss Comm D) 26
2herald.vair: 
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Escu ot d'or a vair freté  Trist thomas2 2179
( c.1275; MS: s.xvi ) Philipe Marmyon, de weyr a une fees de gules [...]; Bawdewyn Peche, wer d’or e de gules [...]  Eight Rolls 61.91 and 97
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivex ) Argent en azeur veer est clamee  Dean Tract 48
pellice de vair
costumeskinspelisse, outer garment of grey and white fur: 
( MS: c.1250 )  hic rano vel ranus: pellice de ver  TLL i 424.326
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