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huan (s.xii1)
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The form houswan is a cross reference to the following entry:

huan (s.xii1)

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huant,  huhan;  huwan,  huwayn;  houwane;  oweyn  (houswan)  
  FEW:  hu- 4,502b Gdf:  hua 4,517a / huant 4,517b GdfC: ∅ TL: hüant 2 4,1200 DEAF:  huan H663 DMF:  huant  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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orn.zool.owl: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Semblez sui al pellican del desert; faiz sui sicume li huhans de sultiveted (Latin: factus sum quasi bubo solitudinum)  Camb Ps 183.CI.6
( MS: s.xii2 ) strix: ule .i. huan  TLL i 23
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Aloms ore juer a boys Ou la russinole [...] Meuz chaunte ki houswan (M.E. houle) (var. huwan; oweyn) en sale  BIBB ROTH (G) 714
( MS: s.xiii ) bubonem: (C) huan (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) houwane; (D*: s.xiii/xiv) huant)  TLL ii 140.71
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Les oyseaux diseient a lur parliament [...] Et manderent al huwan qe venist al parliment  BOZ Cont 74

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See also:

huet  hulot 
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