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pigon (1200)

The form pigeon is a cross reference to the following entry:

pigon (1200)

pejon;  pigeon,  pigeoun,  pigion,  pigoun,  pigun;  pijon,  pijoun,  pijun;  pugion,  pygeon,  pygoun,  pygun,  pyjoun, 
(pl. pijounus  Receptaria 148.661)  
  FEW:  pipio 8,356a Gdf:  pigeon 6,156a GdfC:  pigeon 10,337a TL: pijon 7,932 DEAF:  pijon  DMF:  pigeon  TLF:  pigeon  OED:  pigeon n.  MED:  pijoun n.  DMLBS:  pipio 2288c

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1orn.zool.nestling, young bird
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  E donc fust cele prophecie paremplie ki fust dist de long tens: Le egle de freinte aliance avera joie a son terz ny, cest adire, al pigoun de la terce nessance  Reis Engl1 248
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Pernez les piguns des harundes hors del ni  Lapid 152.2
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Com pellikan son costé oevre Et vie par sa mort recoevre As pigons quant son sanc les coevre  Ross ANTS 4308
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  A meme ceo le sanc de pijons de columb plus vaut  A-N Med ii 150.67
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  le egle aprent ces (=ses) pigeons de voler en haut  BOZ Cont 60
2orn.zool.pigeon, dove
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 )  signes, malardes, columbes et pigeons  Man lang ANTS 73.29
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  Sir, j'ay ciens bons pulcyns, chapons, gelyns, pigions, ovez (l. ouez), porcellez joesnez et graas [...]  Liber Donati (D) 22.150
( MS: 1419 )  Le meillour egret pur .xviij. d., .xij. pygouns pur .viij. d.  Lib Alb 467
orn.culin.zool.pigeon (served as a dish)
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Et a la second cours ils lui serviront dez chapons rostez [...] et auxi dez [...] quailez, colombez, pugions, mavis, alloues [...] et de toutz autrez oseux savage et domastez que l'en poet avoir  Man lang ANTS 7.24-25
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  Chykyn farsé, pejons rost, fesant [...]  Feast Menus 247b.ii
3 name (used as a surname)
( 1200 )  Alan Pigun  Family Names Pidgeon

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