havoke (1400-09)
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havoke (1400-09)

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[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: 4,444c havot 2; GdfC: ∅; TL: 4,1042 havot 2; DEAF: H307 havot 2 (havok); DMF:  havot 2; TLF: ∅; OED:  havoc n.; MED:  havok n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
havok  

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crier, proclamer havoke
1lawmil.to cry havoc, announce the right to pillage: 
( 1400-09; MS: s.xv1 )  le Roy ad proclamé havoke de tout Gales  374.31
( MS: c.1450 )  Item, qe nul soit si hardy de crier havok sur peine d’avoir la test coupé  455
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