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flocun (s.xiii1)
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flocun (s.xiii1)

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floccoun;  flocon;  flocsoun,  flocsun  (frucun ),
pl. flocunis  
  FEW:  floccus 3,624b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  flocon 9,628a TL: flocon 3,1933 DEAF:  floc (flocon)  DMF:  flocon  TLF:  flocon  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

lock (of hair): 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  A un arbre ki la fu, a reims bas e petiz, Les cheveus Auban lie par les f[l]ocuns crespiz  893
♦textiletuft (of wool): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et nel poet om aparceivre, si ele soit morte ou vive, fors par .j. flocon de leine mise devant ses narines et par le moevement de lui si conust om si ele est vive  i 243
( MS: s.xiii1 )  floccis: (J) frucuns (var. (D: s.xiii1) floccis de leine; (R: s.xiii1) borles)  250
( MS: s.xiii )  villus: flocun  ii 118.60
flocuns de laine
textileflock, waste wool: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  floccis laneis: (C) flocsounz de leyne (var. (D: xiii/xiv) bort de lane)  ii 73.73
( MS: s.xiii1 )  floccis laneis: flocunis di la lene  ii 102.73

See also:

floc  flocart  floché  flochet  flocuné 
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