Pigemein (c.1192)
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Pigemein (c.1192)

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  FEW:  pygmaeus 9,646a Gdf:  pigmain 6,156b GdfC: ∅ TL: pigmain 7,930 DEAF:  pigmain (*)  DMF:  pygmain  / pygmien  TLF:  pygmée  OED:  pygmy n. and a.  MED:  pigme n.  DMLBS:  pygmaeus 2590c
Pigmenien  

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1demonympygmy, member of a legendary race of very small people said to inhabit parts of Ethiopia or India: 
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  Li Pigmenien (Latin: pigmei) ilokes sunt, Ki les batailles a gruus funt  124.Y179
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Pigemeins les nome Le livre [...] Icés gens n’ont tretutes De longour fors .iij. cothes  359
Pigné 
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Pigemein