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ferin1 (s.xii1/3)

ferin1 (s.xii1/3)

farain,  farin,  farrein,  farrin,  ferain; 
f. farine,  ferine  
  FEW:  ferus 3,481a Gdf: GdfC:  ferin 1 3,755b TL: DEAF:  fier (ferain)  DMF:  férin  TLF:  férin  OED:  ferine adj. and n.2  MED: DMLBS:  ferinus 1 924c

a.

1savage, wild
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  L’esteile e li draguns ferins Demustret vus  Brut Royal 5950
zool.savage, not domesticated
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Peresce ensi come chat ferine, Qui volt manger piscon marine  GOWER Mirour 5395
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  c’est assavoir oultre toute manere de polaile que nous avons en estore, des owes, gelyns et chapons, [...] bekas, aves (l. anes) ferines, owes rosers  Lett & Pet 407.27
2wild, uncultivated
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  Del pré me tres vers un gardin Grant e enclos, vert e ferin  Donn Am ants 12
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  cil qui pense tant rescoure Le corps, q'al alme ne socoure, Ainz laist aler vuid et farin  GOWER Mirour 7728

s.

zool.wild beast
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Des arbres i a peinz les rains, E entaillié i sunt farains  Lapid 32.108
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 )  ele defent celui de morsure et de bleceure de ferains et de serpenz  Lapid 107.XXII.6
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  cers e deins, Chevrols e bisses e farreins  S Gile1 1558

See also:

mesferin 
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