jargun (s.xii3/4)

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jargun (s.xii3/4)

[gdw]

[ FEW: 4,59b garg-; Gdf: 4,636c jargon; GdfC: ; TL: 4,1586 jargon; DEAF: G259 gargate (jargon); DMF:  jargon; TLF:  jargon 1; OED:  jargon n.1; MED:  jargoun n.; DMLBS: ]
jargon,  jargoun;  gargon,  gargun  

s.

1lang.foreign (and incomprehensible) language
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Charme fust en chaldeu, ne say pas le jargon  70
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Tuz (=the birds) diseient en lur gargun [...] que cil oisel [...] deveit bien estre rei e sire  200.13
orn.soundzool.bird-song, twittering
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Oyseus de diverse manere Semblaunt de joye firent au frere En chaunçun de lur jargun  3855
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  augurrie qe se fist par signes en volz, chanz e gargons d’oiseaus  16
2foolish talk, nonsense
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Mult en ristrent, mult le gabberent De meinte guise le opposerent; Mult li firent argumenz Pur traire le a inconvenienz. Mais il, cum hume senz pour, Quanque diseient li gabbur Tint a nient: neis un respuns Ne vout faire a lur jarguns  1000
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  (Leonard believes it is unfair that he is walking on foot while St. Francis is riding a donkey:) Kant out au quor fet teu jargun [...]  4898
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  du molin e du marché [...] e de la celle la recluse en aporte l'em e en oit l'em noveles e les jargons  194.13
jargoillement  jargoiller  jarguner 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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