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hyene (s.xii1/3)
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hyene (s.xii1/3)

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hiene,  hienia,  hyena,  hyenie,  hyenia;  hyheyne  (hiema  Lapid 107.xxxiii (var.),  hyema,  hyeme,  hyleyne  BOZ Cont 125 (var.))  
  FEW:  hyaena 4,521b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  hyene 9,777a TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  hyene  TLF:   hyène  OED:  hyena n.  MED:  hiene n.  DMLBS:  hyaena 1188c

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1mammalszool.mammalshyena: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Hyene signefie [...] Hume aver, cuveitus, Ki est luxurius  Best ants 1193
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Une beste qe est appellé hyheyne  BOZ Cont 125
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Semblance a la hyene porte, Que char mangut de la gent morte  GOWER Mirour 2884
2lapid.hyena-stone: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  hyene naist en la prunele D'une beste: piere est mult bele  Lapid 61.809
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Hyenia  (ms. Hyema) ço est une pere Ki est trovee en tel manere E dedens les oilz la trovum D’une beste, hyenie  (ms. hyeme) ad num  Lapid 242.1171-74

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