A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tenno(u)r, n. [Prob. f. as late ME and e.m.E. tenon (15th c.), tenaunt(e (1551), F. tenon, f. tenir to hold.] a. Appar. a cross-piece in a structure. Also in the later dial. b. Tennour saw, = Tenent saw n. —a. 1563–4 Edinb. Old Acc. I 449.
Expenses maid upon the new barre … in the … tolbuith quhair the lordis sittis … for tua geistis … to be sole and lyntall to the same bar xij Eistland burd to the same … for xxx knappaldis to be tennors … xxx s. 1586 St. A. Test. II 56b.
Ane awld pres of fir brokin in the tennour —b. 1615 Edinb. Test. XLIX 14.
Tua tennour sawis price of baith iiij lib.
