salvagin1 (s.xii3/4)
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salvagin1 (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  silvaticus 11,619a Gdf:  sauvagin 7,332a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  sauvage (sauvagin)  DMF:  sauvagin  TLF:  sauvagin  OED:  savagine adj. and n.  MED:  savagine adj.  DMLBS: ∅
sauvagin  

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1geog.desolate, remote from civilisation: 
( MS: s.xiv2 )  si trova cest lu ke ore est apelee Crabhus, tut savagine et de graunt partie envirun de totes pars n’esteyt habitaciun de home  12
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Hors de la joye celestine En la deserte salvagine  317
♦zool.(of animals) wild, undomesticated, untamed: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Li uns =people mange char e veneisun sauvagine  4695
( 1375 )  une beste sauvagin appellé un hert calf  i 286
salvage  salvager  salvagesce  salvagine 
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