preef

Middle English

Noun

preef

1. proof
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 967-968:

     [...] He that semeth the wysest, by Iesus!
     Is most fool, whan it cometh to the preef; [...]

     [...] He who seems the wisest, by Jesus!
     Is the greatest fool, when it comes to the proof; [...]

References

• “preef”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.