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legion (1155)

legion (1155)

legioun,  legiun  
  FEW:  legio 5,244b Gdf: GdfC:  legion 10,70a TL: legïon 5,315 DEAF: DMF:  légion  TLF:  légion  OED:  legion n.  MED:  legioun n.  DMLBS:  legio 1581a

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1mil.legion
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex ) Par trenteines, par quarenteines, Par seisanteines, par centeines, Par legiuns e par milliers Departirent lur chevaliers  Brut WACE 12529
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  (Maximian) Dan Gracien donc apelat, [...] Deus legions si lui baillat  Brut Royal 4139
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Set legiuns i sunt numbrez, Ben de cumbatre aparaillez  S Edw paris ANTS 4223
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Cest enseignement ke la vertu romeine venqui toz jors o ses legions, combatant tant com ele voleit ou cum nature parmist  vegetius2 36.22-23
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  et ou qe nul des olifantz se removeit, la se remova la legion  TREVET Cron1 95.6
2a multitude (especially of angels)
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Sis cenz seisante sis, sis mile. Itanz font segon l'evangile Le nombre d'une legion  Dial Greg SATF 2849
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Vindrent a l'encuntre […] Les legiuns des angles  S Aub 267
( c.1270; MS: s.xivin )  Des angeles mille legions  Plaintes Vge 244

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See also:

legionaire 
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legion