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[trestenant] (s.xiii1)
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[trestenant] (s.xiii1)

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(pl. treflenaz)  
  FEW:  tenere *13/i,212b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  tenir 1 (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

most grasping, very parsimonious, tight-fisted: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  tenaciscimi (gloss: tre flenaz) (l. tretena[n]z?) avari et prodigi clerici  TLL i 185.156 and ii 102.156

[gdw]

See also:

tenant1  tres1 
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