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noctua (c.1360-79)
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noctua (c.1360-79)

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  FEW:  noctua 7,163b Gdf:  noctue 5,508a GdfC: ∅ TL: notüe 6,847 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  noctue  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  noctua 1921b
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The only attestation of this word in Anglo-Norman is in Gower’s Mirour de l’omme , where it seems to have retained the Latin -a ending. The word is normally found in Continental French as noctue (cf. DMF).

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orn.zool.owl: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  La noctua de nuyt oscure voit clierement de sa nature  GOWER Mirour 6793

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