bordun (s.xiii)
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bordun (s.xiii)

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[ FEW: 1,631b *burd-; Gdf: 1,688b bordon 2; GdfC: 8,342a bordon 2; TL: 1,1070 bordon 2; DEAF:  bordon 2; DMF:  bourdon 2; TLF:  bourdon 2; OED:  bourdon | burdoun n.2; MED:  burdoun n.2; DMLBS: 225b burdo 3 ]
burdon,  burdoun,  burdun  

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1zool.insectsdrone, male honey-bee, caterpillar, locust, gadfly: 
( MS: s.xiii )  asilus gallice: (C) burdun (var. taun (T)MS: s.xiii/xiv)  ii 31
( MS: s.xiii2 )  burdones: bordunz  ii 89
( MS: s.xiii2 )  brucorum: burduns, anglice dranis, anglice catepeluz  i 75
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  bricorum: de borduns  ii 89
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  burdones: burdounz, burdons, burduns  i 141
2musicdrone, bass: 
( 1268; MS: c.1300 )  Les essais et les burduns De ces treis (=diapason, etc.) unt ausi les suens  6789
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