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pleitrun (1212)
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pleitrun (1212)

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plectron,  pletrun  
  FEW:  plectrum 9,57b Gdf:  plectrun 6,210c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  plectrun  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  plectrum n.  MED:  plectrum n.  DMLBS:  plectrum 2 2316a
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musicplectrum, pick for plucking the strings of a stringed instrument: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  covient aprendre par lui plectron les cordes tendre  Dial Greg SATF 7546
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  La buche furme la raisun Par sa langue k'en est pleitrun  Mirur1 143va40
( MS: s.xiii )  plectrum: pleytrun  Gloss Garland 172
( MS: s.xivin )  De le forel a sa harp saké E son plectrun ad enpoyné  Anecdota 16.58
♦bot.plant resembling a plectrum, perhaps centaury, (Centaurium erythraea)?: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: 1272-82 )  Pur enbelir la face: Quisez plectrin en ewe od sanc de geline, si en oignez la face  Pop Med 140

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