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grue1 (1121-35)

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

grue1 (1121-35)

greu,  greue;  grieu;  gru,  gruue; 
pl. gruwes,  gruz  (gruos  ii 101)  
  FEW:  grus 4,296a Gdf: GdfC:  grue 9,731a TL: grue 4,713 DEAF:  grue G1505 DMF:  grue 1  TLF:  grue 1  OED:  grue n.2  MED:  grue n.2  DMLBS:  grus 1112a

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1orn.zool.crane
( MS: s.xii2 )  grus: crane, id est grue  i 23
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Grues (M.E. cranes), poeuns e cynes, Chevereaus, purceaus e gelines  1119
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  et il vous a envoié trois blans leverers si voluz com un ourse, bien currantz et de bon entaille et auxi trois greus si privees qu'ils se vuillent pestre a main  29.15
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  c'est assavoir oultre toute manere de polaile que nous avons en estore, des owes, gelyns et chapons, merkes, perdis, pluvers et grieus, musserons, alowes  407.26
orn.zool.(used with reference to the) pheasant
( MS: s.xii2 )  fusianus: worhana, gruz  45.102
orn.(used with reference to the) pelican
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Pellicanus est nun De oisel de tel façun, Ceo est grue en verté  2325
2ship.implementcrane, winch
( 1427-28 )  je pay [...] pur le pencion de la kaye et le grue .x. li.  18
pé de grue
pédegrue

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See also:

gruage  gruer 
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.
grieu