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turkeis (s.xii^3/4)

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turkeis (s.xii^3/4)

torkeis, torqueis, torqueys, turceis, turcés, turkays, turkeys, turkois

FEW: turk 19,191a Gdf: turquois 8,109b GdfC: ∅ TL: turcois 10,727 DEAF: turc (turcois) DMF: turquois TLF: ∅ OED: turkese a. MED: Turkeis a. DMLBS: ∅

demonymof Turkish origin or manufacture:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Un pen[un]cel torkeis ot en sa lance pendu Rom Chev ANTS 1678

( 1361 ) Quiconques avera portee arc et sejetes, ou hache danoise, ou faussard, ou mache turcoise Foedera¹ iii 601

arc turkeis

mil.weaponscross-bow (of Turkish provenance):

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) les homes dedenz as granz faus esmoluz, Des gleives, des [es]piés, les ars Turkeis tenduz Rom Chev ANTS 4003

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii^3/3? ) Celui n'i a n'en ait gunfanun gent U arc turkeis u gaveloc trenchant Otinel 1149

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) Cent falsarz e cent arcs torkeis Gui War 11133

( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) il i ad une manere de tormen, com arc torkeis ou autres arblastes […] vegetius² 131.5

1demonymPersians, typically with reference to peoples from Southwestern Asia:

( MS: c.1250 ) Parthi: de Turkays TLL i 61

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) hic Parthus: (L) tu[r]keys TLL ii 57.90

( MS: s.xiv ) Parthorum: de Turkeys TLL ii 60.90

2weaponsbalista, crossbow (of Turkish provenance):

( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii² ) Endementers que cil quist Un dreit pilet en son torqueis ambroise 3759

( MS: s.xiii¹ ) baleares: (D) dé turcés Gloss Nequam¹ 247.69

( s.xiii^m; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Ové turkois et ové arks firent les setes culerz Dest Rome¹ 777

♦weaponscrossbow furnished with a winding device:

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) balistas trocleatas: (C) torkeis (M.E. a troil) (var. (L: s.xiii) troclé ) TLL ii 136.49

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