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feun (s.xii1)

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

feun (s.xii1)

faun;  feon,  feoun;  fon,  foon,  fooun,  foun  (fououn  TLL i 337)  
  FEW:  *feto 3,486b Gdf: GdfC:  feon 9,609b TL: fëon 3,1722 DEAF:  feon  DMF:  faon  TLF:  faon  OED:  fawn n.1  MED:  foun n.  DMLBS:  feo 918b

s.

1zool.young (of animal)
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Sacez que la leune Sun feun mort feune, E dunc sun feun tent, Li leuns i survent  Best ants 364-65
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  ele (=the tiger) me truvat suz un perun, quidat ke fusse son foun  Fol Trist ANTS 280
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Si la leonesse resuscite sé founs mors par sa aleyne  Turpin 813
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Vous prendrez del lievre [...] .iij. founs  Medica 22va
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Les yves la conceivent Del vent ke eles receivent Lur fons ne sunt mie Plus de iiij ans en vie  Div Mun 802
insectszool.larva (of insect)
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  [..] e vint salterele e lur feun, delquel n'esteit numbre  Oxf Ps ANTS 106.104.32
2mammalszool.fawn
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Char de cerf ou de feoun Ki chaunt de asne ou de poun  BIBB ROTH (G) 819
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  la deyme aprent son feon de sailler outre fossez pur sauver sa vie  BOZ Cont 149
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 )  Mez pluis vault pel de foun (M.E. skyn of a foyn) Qe chaunt d’asyne ou de poun  Fem2 61.9
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  Faun rostez, Venesoun rostez  Feast Menus 247c.ii

See also:

feunable  feuneisun  feunement  feuner  feunissement  feunus 
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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