† trifleryn.
Obsolete. rare.
False, feigned, vain, or idle speech or action.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun]
spellc888
triflea1250
talea1325
vanity1340
a tale of waltrot1377
fablec1384
niflec1395
triflerya1400
truffc1430
jest1488
winter's talec1555
winter story1646
galley-packet1786
galley-yarn1874
cuffer1887
ploda1903
scuttlebutt yarn1918
just-so story1922
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 10131 Þis bok es of na triphilrie [Vesp. ribodi, Fairf. iapery, Trin. Cambr. iaperie], Bot of godd and vr leudy.
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