aquilun (s.xii1)
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aquilun (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  aquilo 25,75b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  aquilon 8,161c TL: aquilon 1,484 DEAF:  aquilon  DMF:  aquilon  TLF:  aquilon  OED:  aquilon n.  MED:  aquiloun n.  DMLBS:  aquilo 114c
aquilon,  aquiloun  

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1geog.north: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Aquilon (Latin: Aquilonem) e destre tu crias  162.LXXXVIII.12
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  D’Aquilun gent vendrunt  958
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Li treis des bos gardent vers orient E li treis altres gardent vers occident, Li treis vers suth, li treis vers aquilon  (B) 12841
( MS: s.xivm )  un pot ars de la face de l’aquiloun  4ra
vent d’aquilun
1meteo.geog.north wind: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Sul quatre mois en l’an vont en navigacion; Plus nel poent suffrir pur le vent d’aquilon  5456
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