tafur (c.1170)

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

tafur (c.1170)

[hp+dd]

[FEW: 19,187a thaphur; Gdf: 7,623a tafur; GdfC: ; TL: 10,31 tafur; DEAF:  tafur; DMF:  taffur; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
taffur,  tafor;  tafure;  thafur  

s.

1rogue, ruffian
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Mais cist tafur, men escient, Le set tut par enchantement  571
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Truan estes e taffur  9901
( c.1235 )  Pernez ent vengance de ceu tafur =a necromancer failli!  1513
rascalness, untrustworthiness
( MS: s.xii2 )  Laial amant deivent hair Feinte amur e tafure  42.72
2beggar, vagrant, tramp
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Or me sui ça venu cum tafur povrement  4290
( c.1235 )  Ore croiz ke va prechant un estrange tafur Ki s'en va, vaivez, par terres sanz sujur  552
This is an AND2 Phase 6 (T-Z) entry. © 2022-25 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
tafur