pleitrun (1212)
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pleitrun (1212)

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[ hap]

[ FEW: 9,57b plectrum; Gdf: 6,210c plectrun; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  plectrun; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  plectrum n.; MED:  plectrum n.; DMLBS: 2316a plectrum 2 ]
plectron,  pletrun  
Greek (?)

s.

1musicplectrum, pick for plucking the strings of a stringed instrument: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  covient aprendre par lui plectron les cordes tendre  7546
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  La buche furme la raisun Par sa langue k'en est pleitrun  143va40
( MS: s.xiii )  plectrum: pleytrun  172
( MS: s.xivin )  De le forel a sa harp saké E son plectrun ad enpoyné  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  140
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