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teneor (s.xiii2/3)

teneor (s.xiii2/3)

tennore,  tenour,  tenur,  tenure  
[FEW: 13/i,220b tenere; Gdf: 7,679b teneor; GdfC: 10,751b teneur 2; TL: 10,204 tenëor; DEAF:  tenir 1 (teneor); DMF:  teneur 2; TLF:  teneur 2; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 3403b tentor 1]

s.

1owner, possessor
( s.xiii2/3 ) Si un home chalenge une chose de un autre cum perdue, si le tenur ne put trover sun garant si jurra sur sainz ke [...]  33.46
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm ) Auxint est ore [pur tut le mound] de diversez tenours qe gardent Iur biens si estreit qe mesmes ne ont pru ne autres en lur vie  122
agriculturaloccupation ploughkeeper, ploughman who also looks after the ploughs
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) Lez tenurs dez charues deivent estre gent de conisance e deivent saver semer, e les charues e lez herces depescez repailer e amender [...]  282.c53
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) E eus (=ploughmen) e lez tenurs deyvent fosser, e clore, e batre e lez terres remuer  282.c54
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1255 )  Robert le Tennore  Tenner
franc teneor
francteneor

[gdw]

See also:

francteneor  tenable  tenablement  tenail2  tenance  tenant1  tenante1  tenantrie  tenement  tenir  tenon  tenue1  tenure1  tenure2 
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