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busart (1174-75)
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busart (1174-75)

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bosard,  boszart,  bozard,  busard,  bussard  
  FEW:  buteo 1,655a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  busard 8,397b TL: buisart 1,1197 DEAF:  buison (buisart)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  buzzard n.1  MED:  busard n.  DMLBS:  busardus 228c

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1orn.zool.European buzzard, Buteo buteo (also applied to other birds of the falcon family): 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Desur lur cors descendent corneilles e busart  FANT OUP 1055
( MS: s.xii4/4 )  (prov.) Ja de ni de busart n’istra esprevier ( (‘You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear’) )  Prov vil 8.177
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  de escufle u de busart Bon ostur averez vus mult tart  Pet Plet ANTS 837
( MS: c.1300 )  Pernez le busard .j. eicute, si le lesez .iii. jors gisir mort  Pop Med 324
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1177 )  Robert Boszart  Family Names Buzzard
( 1258 )  William Bozard  Family Names Buzzard
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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