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tanné1 (c.1276)

The form tauny is a cross reference to the following entry:

tanné1 (c.1276)

tané,  tannee,  tanney;  tauné,  tauny;  tawné  
  FEW:  *tanno- 13/i,82b Gdf:  tané 7,637b GdfC:  tanner (tané) 10,742a TL: tané 10,75 DEAF:  tan (tané)  DMF:  tanné  / tannée  TLF:  tanner (tanné)  OED:  tawny adj. and n.  MED:  tauni adj.  DMLBS:  tannare (p.ppl. as a.) 3369b / taunatus 3376b

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1colourtawny, yellow-brown colour or dye
( MS: 1419 )  qe nul teynturer qe teynt burnetz blus, et autre manere de colours, ne teygne blecche ne tauné  Lib Cust 129
( MS: 1419 )  qe nul teyntour, qi teigne blu, burnets, ou autres colours, ne teigne blecche ne tané  Lib Alb 723
2textiletawny, cloth of a yellow-brown colour
( a.1323 )  une demy drap de tanné  Northern Pet 116
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  .xxiiij. vergez de sanguyne et atant de tanney, violet et buret, .viij. vergez de mustre de villers et de melley  Man lang ANTS 5.35
( 1406 )  .xxij. vergez et demi de tawné medlé pur faire chaperouns  Grocers 100
( 1423 )  Item, .j. autre pane de tauné, furré de gros menever  Rot Parl1 iv 233
3 name (used as a surname)
( c.1276 )  Ide le Tauny  MED tauni adj.

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See also:

tan1  tanele  tangable  tanner1  tannerie  tannur  tannure 
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