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tor1 (1113-19)

tor1 (1113-19)

taur,  taure;  teur;  thor;  toor,  toore;  tore,  torr;  toure;  ture  (teer  Nov Narr 334 toez  Nov Narr 334 tros  TLL ii 104.160)  
  FEW:  taurus 13/i,130a Gdf:  tor 7,747b GdfC:  tore 10,779c TL: tor 10,388 DEAF:  tor 1  DMF:  taur  TLF:  taure  OED:  taur n.  MED:  taur n.  DMLBS:  taurus 3376c

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1mammalszool.bull, adult male of cow
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  E li tors signefie En cest[e] mortel vie [...]  Comput ANTS 1540
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Cent tors e trente i sacrifie  S Cath barking 121
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiiex )   E sachez q'en nostre tere nescent les olifauntes e ly marcitoire e ly todomaire e ly dromodaire chivals blancks e tors savages e tors blancks e lyouns de quatre colours  Pr Jean2 693.49
( MS: c.1250 )  hic taurus: tor  TLL i 425.424
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Fauf vache motee et toor (M.E. bole)  Nominale 720
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  aussi fetez trere de nostre estore chivalx, affres, jumentz, vealx, tores, toretz, boefs [...]  Lett & Pet 406.341.9
( a.1401 )  et un taure, une vache pris de deux marcz  Chancery SC 53.49
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  Sir, il a la pur vendre boefs, vaccez, bovettiez velez, tourez eisnez et jousnez, porkz [...]  Liber Donati 23
2astron.constellation of Taurus, second sign of the zodiac
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  tor u virgine u capricorne  Lapid 279.II
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Le secunde signe est tor numé  Pet Phil 2355
( 1256; MS: c.1300 )  Quant cest meis averil est venu, Le signe de tor ert tenu  RAUF ANTS 1080
( MS: s.xiv1 )  mes cele est de la nature de Mars q’est la plus lusaunte de touz qe sount en la teste de taur  Quad Herm 176
boef tor
mammalszool.calf, young bull
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  E si plaisirat a Deu sur buef tor (Latin: vitulum taurum), cornes offrant e ungles  Camb Ps 120.LXVIII.34
franc tor
lawmammalszool.bull only owned by lords, which was free to trample down and graze the crops and pasture of their manorial tenants
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  (amongst personal actions are:) de ewe prendre en autre puyz, ou de aver fraunc tor ou fraunc sengler, ou de communer a un abevrour  BRITT i 176
( 1312 )  touz cel (l. ces) terre tenauntz soleyent aver fraunch tor parmy et par tote la vile  YBB Ed II xii 141
fel de tor
fel1
tor de culture
culture
tor d’une corn
mammalszool.rhinoceros, animal of the Rhinocerotidae family
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Trovent fiers senglers e granz salvages porcs, Chameles, unicornes, e d'un[e] corn les tors  Rom Chev ANTS 7204

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See also:

taurus  taurin  torreier  torel  toret1 
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