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aguillun (1141)
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aguillun (1141)

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aguillon,  aguilloun;  aguilon;  aguilion,  aguillion;  agiloun,  agiliun;  agoillion,  agoillon,  agoilloun;  agulion,  aguliun,  agulioun;  agulon;  aculiun;  auguillon,  auguillun,  auguiloun  (awilhon)  
  FEW:  *aculeo 24,123a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  aiguillon 8,56c TL: aguillon 1,217 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  aiguillon  TLF:  aiguillon  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1implementspur, goad: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 )  De agoillons le feseit poindre  S Geo 441
( MS: s.xiii1 )  stimu(s)los: (R) aguluns, spurninde (var. (D: s.xiii1) espuruns)  Gloss Nequam1 242.63
( MS: s.xiii1 )  aculeum: (J) aguillun (var. (R: s.xiii1) agulun)  Gloss Nequam1 254.162
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Mes le charuer (M.E. ploghman) agoillon (M.E. goude) porte  bibb MS (O) 334va
( MS: s.xiii2 )  aculeo: (C) aguloun (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) gode; (L: s.xiii/xiv) agulun)  TLL ii 73
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Fuet et agiloun (M.E. Gode and prikke)  Nominale 862
♦fig.stimulus, incitement: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Si out ele temptation de l’enemi et agoillion  S Audree1 1314
2armourmil.spike: 
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  en lor heaumes fussent mis agulons poignans de fer  vegetius2 118.10
3pathol.falc.needle-worm: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Si vostre oisel ad les aguillons  Glan lex 19C
4insectszool.barb, sting: 
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  un aguillun Come d’escorpiun  Sibile 115
( MS: s.xiii )  muricibus materialiter tenetur q.d. instrumenta illa aculeos habebant ad modum illius piscis .s. muricis qui habet caudam acutam ad modum aculei, gallice awilhon  TLL i 31
♦fig.(of death) sting: 
( MS: 1155-60 )  Tu, vencu l’aguillun de mort (Latin: devicto mortis aculeo)  Camb Ps 282.16
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