empenum (s.xiii1/4)
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empenum (s.xiii1/4)

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  FEW:  pinna *8,526b Gdf:  empennon 3,57c GdfC: ∅ TL: empenon 3,99 DEAF:  pene (empenon)  DMF:  empennon  TLF:  empenne (empennon)  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
empennun;  enpenoun  

s.

1orn.zool.pinion, flight-feather: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  Treis empennuns de egle sunt ke ele ad choisie, Ke a la fleche de fil de or mut estreit les lie  954
( MS: 1272-82 )  les enpenouns ben juinaunt as eles  81
♦weaponsmil.(of an arrow) feather: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  Fer et fleche e empenums e noche ne faut mie  948
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