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temple2 (s.xii1)
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The form templus is a cross reference to the following entry:

temple2 (s.xii1)

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tempre,  timple ; 
pl. temples,  templez,  templis,  templus  (tens)  
  FEW:  tempus 2 13/i,191b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  temple 2 10,748c TL: temple 1 10,170 DEAF:  temple 1  DMF:  tempe  TLF:  tempe 1  OED:  temple n.2  MED:  temple n.2  DMLBS:  tempus 2 3393b

The atypical plural form tens probably results from the translator interpreting temporibus as a form of TEMPUS1 (cf. tens1) rather than TEMPUS2.

s.

anat.temple, side of the forehead: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) je dunrai somne a mes oilz e a mes palpebres dormitaciun e repos a mes tens (Latin: temporibus meis)  Oxf Ps ANTS 124.131.5
( MS: s.xii2/4 ) Rolland [...] sunet sun olifan. [...] De sun cervel le temple en est rumpant  Roland 1764
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 ) Fert le el temple od tel air Del frunt li fait les oilz sallir  Proth ANTS 6793
( MS: s.xiiim ) hic timpus: timple  TLL i 420.36
( MS: s.xiii2 ) tempora: tempres  TLL ii 4
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 ) Li luxurious sovent est de blance colour et vellu, la cheveleure pendans et grosse et noire, et les temples vellus [...]  Waterford busby 334.S183.2
( MS: c.1330-60 ) [...] Templus et front en oyndras  Rom 32 (O.2.5) 100.13
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 ) le hanapele ové lez templez et le cervelle  Liber Donati 24
( MS: s.xv ) De ce oignet le frounte e les temples  Five Med MSS 108.S201

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