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oiselet (1121-35)

oiselet (1121-35)

oiselé,  oisellette,  oyselet, 
pl. oiselez  
[ FEW: 1,170b aucellus /25,785a aucellus; Gdf: 5,586a oiselet; GdfC: 10,228b oiselet; TL: 6,1049 oiselet; DEAF:  oisel (oiselete); DMF:  oiselet; TLF:  oiselet; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 157a aucella ]

s.

orn.zool.small, little bird
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Ce fu a un matin [...], Que li oiselez chantent et la rose est florie  Rom de Rou wace i 119.3184
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  En une piece de samit A or brusdé e tut escrit Ad l'oiselet envolupé  marie Lais 124.137
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  l'en li doigne les extremitez de menuz oiselez et vin ovec et lor doigne l'en au matin icestui syrop  A-N Med i 171
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Icist un oyselet aveit, Ke l'em merle numer soleit  S Rich ANTS M827
orn.zool.chick, young (of bird)
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Li oiselet (= of pelican) sunt fer, Prenent le (=adult pelican) a becher  Best ants 2345
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Puis en son ni la va poser Pur toz ses oiselez garder  Lapid 176.630
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Ainz plus oedif que l'oisellette  GOWER Mirour 5814
orn.zool.decor.representation of a young bird
( 1428-32 )  Item, une grande et haulte gobelet d'argent dorré [...] a .iiij. baneres rouges de petiz oiseletz espargniés d'argent  Bedford Inventories C17
( 1433 )  une chappelle de velvau vermail, fournie de [...] dieu d'amours d'or [...] et petiz oiselez [...]  Bedford Inventories B99

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See also:

oisel  oiseler1  oiselerie  oiselline  oiselon  oiselur 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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