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orfrea

orfrea, ~eum [ME, OF orfrei < aurifrigium] , orphrey, (fringe of) richly embroidered cloth. 1346 in ~eis empt. iiij s. Sacr. Ely II 133; 1371 pro una ~a empta ‥ pro principali capa Fabr. York 126; 1398 pro factura caparum puerilium cum novis orfariis emptis pro choro, xx iij d. Ib. 132; 1404 item ‥ remanenc’ unius baudkyn pro orpharis faciendis Ac. Durh. 395; 1415 capa totaliter de auro, cum rosis rubeis et nigris florata, cum orphreis enbroudata nobiliter cum imaginibus Foed. IX 273; 1426 vestimentum de nigro et viridi velveto aureo cum orphareis de albo Reg. Cant. II 358; 1432 duas tuniculas ‥ cum orfereis de diversis ymaginibus de blodio eciam veluto Ib. 467; 1435 unam sectam vestium sacerdotalium ‥ panni de auro coloris purpurei cum orfrais de viridi colore Ib. 531; 1451 unum vestimentum ‥ cum una capa et cum rubeis offris Test. Ebor. II 198; 14‥ vestimentum novum ‥ cum offriis de sateyn blodii coloris Invent. Norw. 42; unum vestimentum integrum rubei coloris de panno aureo stragulato cum ~eis viridis cum ymaginibus et stellis deauratis Ib. 64; unum vestimentum de rubio worsted habens in sua orfra ex parte dorsali unum crucifixum et duas literas R. et E. et aliud viride vestimentum de burd Alexander habens ~a de fulvo colore Fabr. York 280.

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