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tire1 (1194-99)

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tire1 (1194-99)

tie,  tier;  tye,  tyer,  tyr  
  FEW:  *têri 17,325a Gdf:  tire 2 7,725b GdfC:  tire 10,768c TL: tire 2 10,320 DEAF:  tire 2  DMF:  tire 1  TLF:  tire 1  OED:  tier n.1  MED: DMLBS:  tirum 3444c

s.

unitskinsrow, measure of skins
( MS: 1419 ) Et qe nul pelleter desormes [...] ne face furrure de meyns qe de .L. peaux, issi qu’il soit de .vj. ties long  Lib Alb 279
( MS: 1419 ) qe pelters ne facent furrures meins de .lx. pealx, issint q'il soit de .vj. tyers de lunge  Lib Alb 719
a tire
1one after the other
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) mult de noz genz s’e[n] aloient Od les Turcs, e se reneiouent, C'onques n'avint ne ne pot estre Que Deus de femme deignast nestre, E la croiz e la baptistire Reneiouent il tot a tire  ambroise 4326
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Al quint jur refist Deus par son plaisir Peissuns noanz, osels volanz, a tir (var. (E: 1220-40) tyr )  Anc Test (B) 59
2uninterruptedly, tirelessly
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Cil de defors les asaillent a tir  Anc Test (B) 5905
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii2 ) Li serfs la fierent, li sires la manacent. Ele respont al enemi plein de ire: ‘Mes os brisez, ma char rump e descire, Kar endreit l'alme guarant m'ert mi sire!’ Ke qu'ele die, cil la fierent a tire  S Marg BL Addit 148

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