tafur (c.1170)

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tafur (c.1170)

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  FEW:  thaphur 19,187a Gdf:  tafur 7,623a GdfC: TL: tafur 10,31 DEAF:  tafur  DMF:  taffur  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
taffor,  taffur;  tafor,  tafure;  thafur  

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1 rogue, ruffian
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Mais cist tafur, men escient, Le set tut par enchantement  571
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Truan estes e taffur  9901
( c.1235 )  Pernez ent vengance de ceu tafur =a necromancer failli!  1513
rascalness, untrustworthiness
( MS: s.xii2 )  Laial amant deivent hair Feinte amur e tafure  42.72
2 beggar, vagrant, tramp
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Or me sui ça venu cum tafur povrement  4290
( c.1235 )  Ore croiz ke va prechant un estrange tafur Ki s'en va, vaivez, par terres sanz sujur  552
3 eccl.mil. member of a group of Christian participants of the First Crusade following strict oaths of poverty
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Si ad fait por le roi des taffors envoier, Et il i est venu, avoec lui cent pautonier  4558
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  'Pernez ces Sarazins, soiez en jostisier'. Li taffur lui responent, 'N’estoet plus plaidier. Bien lor rendrom a toz desertes et luier'  4566
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