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chapon2 (s.xii1/3)
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The form capun is a cross reference to the following entry:

chapon2 (s.xii1/3)

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capon,  capoun,  capun;  chapoun,  chapun  (chaupun  40,  chiapun  32.128 ),
(pl. chapeus  477.38)  
  FEW:  capo 2/i,267a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  chapon 9,44c TL: chapon 2,249 DEAF:  chapon  DMF:  chapon 1  TLF:  chapon  OED:  capon n.  MED:  capoun n.  DMLBS:  capo 272c

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1orn.zool.capon, neutered male chicken: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  Alectoires est une piere [...]: En gesir de coc la trovum U el ventre de viel chapun  206.78
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  coc, chapon ne guelinne  i 151.4187
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  altiles: chapons  ii 88
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Allectoire […] Si crest en ventre dechapon. Treis anz ert coc, pus ert chastrez  78.218
( 1314-15 )  ouwes, gelynes, chapons, columbeux, poucyns  i 295
♦astron.constellation of the capon, cock (?): 
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1335 )  De pyerte: Le chapoun siet jugger Si pierte deis recoverer  13
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1165 )  Willelmus Capun  Capon
( 1285 )  Cuthbertus Capoun  Capon
chapon de haute gresse
culin.well-fattened capon: 
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  Capoun de haut grees […] Chapons de haut grees rostez  247a.i-c.i

See also:

chaponer 
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