pantenern.adj.
Either a scribal or later editorial misreading of pautener n.1 and adj. Cf. pantoner n.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 16075 (MED) Up þar stert tua panteners [a1400 Fairf. felouns] in middes þat consile.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 333 (MED) Sir Robert þe Brus sent to Sir Eymere, & bad he suld refus þat him had forsaken ilk a pantenere.
a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) 5143 Þou lighes now, eber pantener!
c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. 205 That tyran pantenar [Fr. pautonier] Ȝon couetous ȝon skarce lymmar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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