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Teutonicus [CL; cf. Theodiscus] 1 German, of or pertaining to Germany or its inhabitants; b (of language). 1188 furor ~us etiam in pace arma capessens (Lit. Imperatoris) Itin. Ric. I 18 p. 36; arcum eminentiorem, crucem in summitate gestantem, similiter ex aere, auro et argento, opero Theutonico fabrefactos erexit [Aldredus] Chr. Pont. Ebor. A 354.  b ut lingua Tautonica dicitur ad tappam Inst. Sempr. *lxv; burgo (theutonicum est hoc vocabulum) Boece f. 249v. 2 (of person) German, (as sb.) native or inhabitant of Germany; b (passing into surname); c (w. ref. to Order of Teutonic Knights); d (of Hanse merchant); e (w. implication of dull-wittedness). transmarinus Theutonicus nomine Maurus Gosc. Lib. Mild. 19; s1110 rex Anglorum Heinricus filiam suam Heinrico regi ~orum dedit in conjugem Fl. Worc. II 60; prophetias cujusdam prophetisse ~e nomine Hildegardis Peckham Paup. 16 p. 64; 1460 dato cuidam Teotonicho Austrie ExchScot VII 33.  b 1165 in terris datis ‥ Ricardo theuthonico xv li. Pipe 102 (cf. ib. 103: R. de Teuthon' [v. l. R. Teuton']); 1230 Walrandus ~us redd. comp. de vj s. Ib. 109; 1242 Terricus Toutonicus [v. l. ~us] Ib. 329; 1487 Frederico Theotonico Ib. 490.  c 1235 fratri Egidio de hospitali S. Marie Teutonicorum in Hibernia Cl 154; 1357 nobilis vir dominus Nicholaus de Babutz, miles Theotonicus Pat 252 m. 4; 1388 magistrum generalem ordinis B. Marie domus ~e Mem. York II 1; 1389 ordinis beate Marie Theotenicorum magistro generali ‥ salutem Dip. Corr. Ric. II 67.  d 1307 Gilhalle ~orum CalCl 514; non cedant ‥ ultra Aulam Teontonicorum MGL I 243; charta regis Henrici facta Theotonicis Alemannie Ib. I 535; compositio inter cives Londiniarum et Teuthonicos Alemannie Ib. I 542; de conventione inter cives Londiniarum et Teotonicos Ib. II 49; 1456 in solutis uno Tutannico pro ‥ Ac. Chamb. Winchester.  e si sic esses Anglus vivacitate sensus quemadmodum es natione ‥ talem modo questionem non fecisses. sed quia sensu Theutonicus es et propterea etiam heres in plano ‥ necesse est michi ‥ quecunque contempnenda sunt nominatim exprimere Rob. Bridl. Dial. 66; dici potest ‥ ‘hebes Teutonia’ ‥ propter ‥ Theutonicos hebetes Vinsauf AV II 3. 38.

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