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wafra (g-) [AN wafre, gafre < MLG wâfel], thin crisp cake baked between irons, wafer. oblatas, fructus, species, galfras nebulasque / mappula contineat D. Bec. 2572; precones nebularum et gafrarum pronunciant de nocte gafras [gl.: wafurs] et nebulas et artocreas vendendas Garl. Dict. 126; 1236 G. de L. tenet in L. et G. per serjantiam faciendi ~as ad coronacionem domini regis (Liston, Essex) Fees 590 (cf. ib. 274: 1219 faciendi wafres domino regi); a1250 †wafelarius [MS: wafrarius] habeat †wafelas [MS: ~as] vel lagana in ferris vel in furnis decoctas (Nominale) Neues Archiv IV 341; 1295 lego ad infirmitorium [abbathie] ‥ tria paria ferrea ad ~as, neulas, et galettas faciendas Test. Ep. Sal. 524; 1303 per servicium faciendi gwafras ad opus ‥ regis die coronationis sue (Liston, Essex) IPM 107/22; hec vafra, A. wayfyre WW.

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