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

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dragoun,  dragun,  dragune,  dragunt;  dracon  (gragoun  BOZ S Mar 63)  
  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

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1zool.mythologicaldragon: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Vint uns draguns flammanz mult cler  S Brend mup 1016
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Draconitides est nomee Pur le dragon dunt est trovee  Lapid 229.756
( s.xiii1/3; MS: c.1255 )  Hercules, qui occist le dragun  Resur (P) 33
( MS: c.1250 )  hic draco: dragon  TLL i 426.444
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Atant vint un dragoun qe la prist e emporta en un haut mount  Fouke ANTS 54.17
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  Rom Chev ANTS 3466
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  [...] sunt les dragons aportez en bataille de dragoners  vegetius2 47.11
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1166 )  Walter Dragun  Family Names Dragon
sanc de dragon
bot.dragon’s blood: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  sanc de dragon triblee en poudre de aubun de oef  A-N Med i 212
( MS: c.1300 )  Sanguis draconis: succus herbe est g[allice] saunk de dragune  Bot Gloss 246

See also:

dragoner  dragoncel  dragonee1  dragonee2 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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