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cignet (1293)
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cignet (1293)

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cignette,  signet  (seinere (l. seinete))  
  FEW:  cycnus 2/ii,1605a Gdf:  cingnet 2,137b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  cisne  DMF:  cygnet  TLF: ∅ OED:  cygnet n.  MED:  signet n.  DMLBS: ∅

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orn.zool.cygnet: 
( 1293 )  atort aveyt pris [...] deuz heroz e un seinere (l. seinete)  YBB 21-22 Ed I 65
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  cignes, cignetz, paons […]  Lett & Pet 407.12
( 1482-83 ) jesquez ore tarde qe diversez gardeinz dez tignez (l. cignez) ount achatez ou faitz as eux markez et gamez en lez fennez et marishez et autres lieux, desouth colour d’icell et de la surveiance et serche pur lez tignez (l. cignez) et tignettez (l. cignettez) pur lour seignuriez et maisters ount embleez tignettez (l. cignettez) et misez sur eux lour propre marke qe par tielx disloialx moiens la substaunce dez tignez (l. cignez) sont en lez mayns et possession dez vadletts et husbondmen et autres personez de nient  Stats ii 474
♦culin.orn.cygnet (as a dish): 
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  Signetz ové chaudevyn  Feast Menus 247a.i
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