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papejei (c.1250)

papejei (c.1250)

papegai,  papegay,  papegaye,  papejai,  papejay,  papejoi,  papejoie,  papejoye,  papenjay,  papingai,  papingay,  papinjai,  papenyay,  papungay, 
pl. papegaus,  papegaux  (popingantes (l. popingautes) popingauntz (l. popingawtz))  
  FEW:  babbaghâ 1,195a / babbaga 19,14b Gdf:  papegai 5,727b / papegail 5,727b / papegaut 5,727b GdfC: TL: papegai 7,142 DEAF:  papegai  DMF:  papegai  TLF:  papegai  OED:  popinjay n.  MED:  papejai(e n.  DMLBS:  papegaia 2101c

s.

orn.zool.parrot, popinjay
( MS: c.1250 )  hic psitacus: papejay  TLL i 426.505
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  De sa grant largesce enterine Prent l'oriol ele safrine (=yellow), Li papegais verdure fine Et li pouns penne angeline  Ross ANTS 687
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Et des valletz qe gardent oysealx, oustours, grifaux, [...] laniers, sacres, papegaux parlantz  Mandeville 395
orn.culin.zool.popinjay, parrot (served as a dish)
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Et a la second cours ils lui serviront deez chapons rostez [...] quailez, colombez, pugions (var. (PN: c.1400) (PN) popingantes (l. popingautes)); (var. (LH: c.1425) popingauntez (l. popingawtz)), mavis, alloues [...]  Man lang ANTS 7.24-25
orn.decor.zool.(representation of a) parrot, popinjay
( 1397 )  un petit lit de blanc baudekyn, embroudez de papegayes  Gloucester Inventory 290
( 1400-01 )  Item un papenyay d'argent pois' - .xij. d. ob. Item, un signet de latoun endorré  Goldsmiths 262
orn.herald.zool.(representation of a) parrot, popinjay
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 )  La baniere renbellissoient, La fesse e li trois papegaiz, Ke a daviser blancs en rouge ai  Eight Rolls 114.571
( MS: c.1334 )  Monsire W. de Twenge, d'argent a un fes de goul a troiz papegaus de vert.  Ashmole Roll 4, m. 2
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivex )  oiseals qe pluys sount de custome portez en armes: [...], papejoye et corf  Dean Tract 92

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See also:

gai2 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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