dragon (s.xii1/3)
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dragon (s.xii1/3)

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  FEW:  draco 3,150a Gdf:  dragon 2,767a GdfC:  dragon 9,414a TL: dragon 2,2056 DEAF:  dragon  DMF:  dragon  TLF:  dragon  OED:  dragon n. 1  MED:  dragoun n. 1  DMLBS:  draco 726b
dragoun,  dragun,  dragune,  dragunt;  dracon,  gragoun  63  

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1zool.mythologicaldragon: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Vint uns draguns flammanz mult cler  1016
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Draconitides est nomee Pur le dragon dunt est trovee  229.756
( s.xiii1/3; MS: c.1255 )  Hercules, qui occist le dragun  (P) 33
( MS: c.1250 )  hic draco: dragon  i 426.444
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Atant vint un dragoun qe la prist e emporta en un haut mount  54.17
♦ theol. dragon representing Hell: 
( MS: c.1300 ) Defendez moi e tuz les noz de Sathan, le felun, Ke nus ne cheum par peché en la gule del fel dragon  174v
2mil.ensign, standard: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  En som le pomel d’or desus le dragon, La fet ly roys lever son mestre gonfanon  3466
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) Normant e Engleis chevalchouent Aprés, qui le dragon portouent  6147
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  [...] sunt les dragons aportez en bataille de dragoners  47.11
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1166 )  Walter Dragun  Dragon
sanc de dragon
1bot.dragon’s blood: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  sanc de dragon triblee en poudre de aubun de oef  i 212
( MS: c.1300 )  Sanguis draconis: succus herbe est g[allice] saunk de dragune  246
dragoner  dragoncel  dragonee#1  dragonee#2 
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