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fife
1540 (implied in
fifer
), from Ger.
Pfeife
"fife, pipe," from O.H.G.
pfifa,
or via M.Fr.
fifre
(15c.) from the same O.H.G. word. Ger. musicians provided music for most European courts in those days.