timon (s.xii3/4)
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timon (s.xii3/4)

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[FEW: 13/i,167a temo; Gdf: 7,719c timon; GdfC: 10,767 timon; TL: 10,309 timon; DEAF:  timon; DMF:  timon; TLF:  timon; OED:  timon n.2; MED:  timon n.; DMLBS: 3385b temo]
temon,  temoun,  temun;  themon,  themun,  thimon;  timun,  tymon  

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1agriculturaldraughtpole, shaft by which a cart or plough is attached to the animal drawing it: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) The stars in the constellation of the Plough: Quatre sunt come roes e troys al temon  4676
( MS: s.xiii ) themones: themuns, anglice þilles  ii 150.46
( MS: s.xiii2 ) temonis: (C) temoun (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) temun;  (L: s.xiii/xiv) de timun )  ii 74.155
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 ) L’apparayle pur charue: Chief et penoun [...] Trecters et temoun (M.E. Plowestryngges and tem)  858
2ship.rudder of a ship: 
( 1324 ) Pro duobus lignis voc' tymon  timon n.
( 1392-93 ) Item pro reparacione .j. tymon per le scriuen  timon n.2
a dreit timon
1in a straight line: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xvex ) Et de cest Ynde est devisee nostre terre a droit thimon envers Orient  301.D43
timoner 
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