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randun (s.xii3/4)
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randun (s.xii3/4)

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randon,  randoun;  raundon,  raundoun,  raundun  
  FEW:  rand 16,662a Gdf:  randon 1 6,590a GdfC: ∅ TL: randon 8,272 DEAF:  randon  DMF:  randun  TLF: ∅ OED:  random n., adv. and a.  MED:  randoun n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

great speed, rapidity: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  Si tost cum i feri le vent, La nef se torne a tel randon, Come colum devant faucon  S Osith 1039
(tut) a, al, de (dreit, grant) randun
1with great speed, rapidly: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiii1 )  Quant li munz fud trenché [...] Que l’ewe curust fors trestute a grant randuns  Brut Harley3 139.3
♦ship.swiftly, with great speed: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Parmy cel halte mer siglent al raundoun  LANGTOFT wright ii 36
♦equit.swiftly, at a gallop: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  A un trestor [...] poinst le cheval de grant randon  Rom de Rou wace ii 37.4037
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Il ont laschié lor freins si moevent de randun  Horn 1500
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Le destrer broche, lance abesse, De grant randun vers lui se eslesse  Ipom BFR 3644
( c.1335; MS: s.xivm )  le dit evesqe qe fu venu de Enefeld [...] chivaucha a raundoun par my Neugate [...] tantqe a la glise de seint Poel  Anon Chr2 128
♦orn.swiftly, rapidly (in flight): 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Une fesante vint volant tuit de randon  Rom Chev ANTS 362
2without delay, at once: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Les sage gent fist asembler E lur cunta tut de randun De la dame sa visiun  Mir N-D 85.75
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  S'esleisent a euls a randun, E s’entrefierent a bandun  Waldef BB 13051
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  A grant randun l'en va ferir  Gui War 1693
( c.1378; MS: s.xivex )  Vigile esveille de randoun Ses soers, que vienont a bandoun Pour faire le defense au mur  GOWER Mirour 14182
3in rapid succession, one after another: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Set feiz le beise de randun, Lez olz, la buche e le mentun  S Gile1 2633
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  La royne se drece contre eaux tote en son, E les salue tote a droit randon  Rom Chev ANTS 7659
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Vint coups li dune de randun   Ipom BFR 9763
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Navrent e defulent a chevaus de randun  S Aub 1731
(tut) a, en un randun
in rapid succession, one after another: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Treiz feiz se pasme en un randun  Ipom BFR 1465
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  a une randon L'un tost aprés l'autre noma  Dial Greg SATF 2176
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Ore en chen, ore en dragun Veit l'em changer la lur façun Bien cent feiz en un randun  S Modw 8396
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  ly numa treys fez par nun 'Fraunceys', tut en un raundun  S Fran ANTS 432

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See also:

randir  randuné  randuner 
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