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faux1 (s.xii3/4)

The form faus2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

faux1 (s.xii3/4)

falce,  falcs,  fals,  falx,  falz;  fauce,  fauke,  faus,  fauz  
  FEW:  falx 3,404a Gdf:  faus 1 3,732a GdfC:  fals 2 9,597a TL: fauz 3,1671 DEAF: DMF:  faux 1  TLF:  faux 2  OED:  falx n.  MED:  falx n.  DMLBS:  falx 902a

s.

agriculturalimplementscythe
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  ceste herbe fu od falcs copee  MARIE Fables 342.14
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  Saturnus [...] tienge en sa main destre un[e] falz  Lapid 288.v
( MS: s.xiii1/4 )  Hoc falcarium, id est fauce  Gloss Bod 730 pims 35.51
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  De faus fauchez un andenne de pré  BIBB ROTH (G) 328
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Sarcle, faux (M.E. sythe) et faucil  Nominale 526
( 1310 )  d’avers prise les faukes et fausilles  YBB Ed II iii 20
weaponsimplementmil.scythe-like weapon, bill-hook
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E doze homes i vont, chescun fervestu Les faus trenchanz as poinz e chescun son escu  Rom Chev ANTS 1665
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Venent i dromedayre e olifanz kernuz Qe portent bretasches e chastels voutuz E les homes dedenz as granz faus esmoluz Des gleives, des [es]piés, les ars turkeis tenduz  Rom Chev ANTS 4002
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Falx si est apelé un fer ki est mout tres agu e court  vegetius2 155.14
faux fenerez
agriculturalimplementscythe for cutting hay
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  une fauz fenerez aporte  Dial Greg SATF 1566

See also:

faucher  faucil 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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