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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420
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Cofyne, Cophyn(e, n. Also: coffyne, cowyne. [ME. cofyn(e, cofine (c 1330), etc., OF. cofin, L. cophinus.] A basket; a casket. a1400 Legends of the Saints xii. 49.
Of spechis a cowyne Tha mad til hyme met a1400 Ib. 65.
The quene … that cofyne nere by can se a1400 Ib. 206.
A sowne … That scho … in a cophyne kest in the se c1420 Wynt. viii. 1481.
A cophyn off evore, … Lokyt and bwndyn wyth sylver brycht c1420 Ib. 4803.
He gert bryng hym a lytill cofyne
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