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tolour (c.1136-65)

tolour (c.1136-65)

toleor,  tolor,  tollour,  tolur  
  FEW:  tollere 13/ii,19b Gdf:  toleor 7,737b GdfC: TL: toleor 10,362 DEAF:  tolir (toleor)  DMF:  toleur  TLF: OED:  toller n.4  MED:  toller n.  DMLBS:

s.

1thief, robber
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  od le dime numbre perdu Serrant li toleor rendu  Salemon 2382
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiim )  li tolur e li usurier funt almones e dunent les usures e les ravines, mes nunfeel sunt vers qu[i] il unt despoillié  Paroles Salomun 3675
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300 )  il est Deu tolur Ke n'est dreit donur De kanke il ad  Serm Royal 391
2lawtoller, one who, after the death of a tenant, accesses the land and declares himself the rightful heir or reversioner, even when he is not
( 1292 )  la seisine W. a nus ne deyt nure, par la resone ke yl entra cum nostre tolour e frere puyné  YBB 20-21 Ed I 295
( 1316-17 )  il entra cum tolor qe y fut bastard  YBB Ed II xxi 24
( 1341 )  fust tenuz de faire restitucion a nous de nostre heritage pleinement a nostre age, et par son assent W., nostre frere puisné, come nostre tollour, entra et lui feffa  YBB 15 Ed III 23

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See also:

tolage  tolance  toleresse  tolette  tolir  tolette  tolte 
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tolour