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herouncel (1320)
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herouncel (1320)

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(heronsew );
pl. heronceux  
  FEW:  *haigro 16,118b Gdf:  heroncel 4,468a GdfC: ∅ TL: haironcel 4,839 DEAF:  hairon (haironcel) H69 DMF:  heroncel  TLF: ∅ OED:  heronshaw  MED:  heironseu n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

orn.zool.heronshaw, young heron: 
( 1320 )  Le bon herouncel pur xii deniers. Le bon butor pur xii deniers  Lib Cust 304
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  Pecok enarmez, Heronsew, Muton  Feast Menus 247a.ii
♦herald.heronshaw, young heron (as an armorial bearing): 
( MS: c.1334 )  Monsire Odynelle Heron, d’azure a troiz heronceux d’argent bek et pedz d’or  Ashmole Roll 4, m.5

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See also:

heron  heroner 
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