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oiselon (s.xiii2)
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oiselon (s.xiii2)

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oiseloun,  oisilun,  oseloun,  oseyloun,  oyselon,  oyseloun,  oysillon,  oysilun,  oyzelun  (oysun ),
(pl. oysunis  TLL ii 103,  oysuns  TLL ii 75,  oysouns  Gloss Tree and Bird 33)  
  FEW:  aucellus 1,170b / aucellus 25,784b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  oisillon 6,1041 TL: oiselon 6,1041 / oisillon 6,1051 DEAF:  oisel (oiselon)  DMF:  oiselon  / oisillon  TLF:  oisillon  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1orn.zool.chick, young (of bird): 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Auxi com avril en s'entree [...] Fet oysillons la matinee Chanter de voiz enamoree  Ross ANTS 1047
( MS: 1272-82 )  pernez la tendre char de vache ou de oysun ou de pusin  A-N Falconry 96.14
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  les mountz e les valey[e]s retentissent des douce chauntz des oseylouns  Fouke ANTS 3.4
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Et a la second cours ils lui serviront dez chapons rostez et dez ouez, gaars, oyselons et auxi dez ans, anattz, madlardez de river, cignes, [...]  Man lang ANTS 7.23
2coll.ven.orn.zool.game-birds: 
( s.xiii2; MS: 1333-34 )  E meinte beste sauvage I troverent a grant fuysun, E grant plenté de oyseloun Sur terre e en rivers  Geanz Verse (A) 304

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See also:

oisel  oiseler1  oiselerie  oiselet  oiselur 
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