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[peon] (1190-93)

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[peon] (1190-93)

paun;  peoun,  poun,  poune,  pounne  
  FEW:  pedo 8,145a Gdf:  peon 6,89a GdfC: TL: pëon 7,688 DEAF:  peon  DMF:  pion 1  TLF:  pion 1  / pion 2  OED:  pawn n.1  MED:  poun(e n.1  DMLBS:  pedes 2164b / pedo 1 2166a

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1walker, one who travels on foot
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Trestuit a pé cume poun En pelerinage s'en veit  784
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Car l'en puet bien apeler poun Quanqu'a pé vet par reison, Des homes et femes nomeement  24.113
2chessgamespawn
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  al quart tret voldra descendre Li roc en la garde de sun poun E fra le rei aler [...] Entre le poun e le neir alfin  11.99 and 101
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Kar reynes faimes de pounes E dunkes fierces les appellomes  28.93
( MS: s.xiiim )  Ses roks sunt li apostle [...] Li aufins sunt ly confessurs, nus pouns a pez  25
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin )  Plus cher ad dame kouhe de pohoun Ke du cheker feerce hou poun  620
a peon
on foot
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Aunceis vendreit un houm Une lue a peoun Que teust lour oie  68
mat de peon
chessgamespawn mate, checkmate by pawn
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  meuz aime kou de poun Ki en l'escheker math de poun  822

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See also:

1  pedaile  peonage  peoner1  peonet  peonier  pet2 
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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