temprur (1267)
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temprur (1267)

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[gdw]

[FEW: *13/i,168a temperare; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  temprer (*); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  temperer n.; MED:  temperer n.; DMLBS: ∅]
 

The word can also refer to a person who adjusts the blade of a plough, and this passage may be intended as play on words (see Lum Lais ants iii 120).

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1musictuner, one who tunes a musical instrument: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) Meuz vaudreit ke tel temprur Fust en la terre de labur, Ke ja jur de vie note ne fra K’a l’oreille Deu acordera  6835
temprance  temprat  tempreement  temprer  temprure 
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