turkeis (s.xii3/4)
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turkeis (s.xii3/4)

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[FEW: 19,191a turk; Gdf: 8,109b turquois; GdfC: ∅; TL: 10,727 turcois; DEAF:  turc (turcois); DMF:  turquois; TLF: ∅; OED:  turkese a.; MED:  Turkeis a.; DMLBS: ∅]
torkeis,  torqueis,  torqueys,  turceis,  turcés,  turkays,  turkeys,  turkois  

a.

1demonymof Turkish origin or manufacture: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Un pen[un]cel torkeis ot en sa lance pendu  1678
( 1361 )  Quiconques avera portee arc et sejetes, ou hache danoise, ou faussard, ou mache turcoise  iii 601
arc turkeis
1mil.weaponscross-bow (of Turkish provenance): 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  les homes dedenz as granz faus esmoluz, Des gleives, des [es]piés, les ars Turkeis tenduz  4003
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Cent falsarz e cent arcs torkeis  11133
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  il i ad une manere de tormen, com arc torkeis ou autres arblastes […]  131.5

s.

1demonymPersians, typically with reference to peoples from Southwestern Asia: 
( MS: c.1250 )  Parthi: de Turkays  i 61
( MS: s.xiiiex )  hic Parthus: (L) tu[r]keys  ii 57.90
( MS: s.xiv )  Parthorum: de Turkeys  ii 60.90
2weaponsbalista, crossbow (of Turkish provenance): 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  Endementers que cil quist Un dreit pilet en son torqueis  3759
( MS: s.xiii1 )  baleares: (D) dé turcés  247.69
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ové turkois et ové arks firent les setes culerz  777
♦weaponscrossbow furnished with a winding device: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  balistas trocleatas: (C) torkeis (M.E. a troil) (var. (L: s.xiii) troclé )  ii 136.49
Turc  turcoplier  turcopole  turcosil  turkeis  turkemaus  Turqueman 
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