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bordon2 (s.xii3/4)
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bordon2 (s.xii3/4)

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bordun,  burdon,  burdoun,  burdun  
  FEW:  burdo 1,632b Gdf:  bordon 1 1,688a GdfC: ∅ TL: bordon 1,1069 DEAF:  bordon 1  DMF:  bourdon 3  TLF: ∅ OED:  burdon n.  MED:  burdoun n.  DMLBS:  burdo 1 225b

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zool.mammalsmule, hinny (offspring of a she-ass by a stallion): 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  As cues des roncins fet les branches noer, As muls, as palefrois e as bordons porter  Rom Chev ANTS 3302
( MS: s.xiii1 )  burdones: (R) burduns  Gloss Nequam1 253
( MS: s.xiii2 )  [Habet etiam] oves, boves, capras [...] arietes, verveces, multonesm ciciros, burdones (gloss: burdones: bordunz) [...]  TLL i 186.160 and ii 89.160
( MS: s.xiiiex ) Transitum feci hodie per campum, in quo vidi animalia ista: boves et oves [...] cum equabus et equis, cum mulis, burdones (gloss: C) burdounz) (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) burdons;  (D*: s.xiii/xiv) burduns ) et asinos et asinas [...]  TLL i 202.73 and ii 141.73

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