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vair

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Searchable Lemmata: vair (AF), varietas (L), varium (L), veir (ME), vair (MdE).
Alternate Forms: vayr, veir, ver, veer, bayrum, verium, veire, ver, vaire, fare, feir, fer, voir, veyres, veyr.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Raw Material; fur of a squirrel with a grey back and a white belly, frequently used to line or trim garments; particularly popular in the 13th and 14th centuries; Veale, E. (1966)).(ante 1190 - post 1400)
1. Assez portums e ver e gris Heroic, Poetic, Romance. [AND Gui War (2918) circa 1210]
AF, L, ME, MdE.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
References: Veale, E. (1966)
1b(n.) Raw Material; weasel (possibly a misunderstanding of the source of the fur).(ante 1387)
ME.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Old French vair, veir vairs, from L. varium, acc. sing. masc. of varius, parti-coloured.
WF:
Etym Cog: veir (OF), vair (OF).
References:
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