ferin1 (s.xii1/3)

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ferin1 (s.xii1/3)

[ FEW: 3,481a ferus; Gdf: ; GdfC: 3,755b ferin 1; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF:  férin; TLF:  férin; OED:  ferine adj. and n.2; MED: ; DMLBS: 924c ferinus 1 ]
ferain;  farain,  farin,  farrein,  farrin; 
f. farine,  ferine  

a.

1savage, wild
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  L’esteile e li draguns ferins Demustret vus  5950
zool.savage, not domesticated
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Peresce ensi come chat ferine, Qui volt manger piscon marine  5395
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  c’est assavoir oultre toute manere de polaile que nous avons en estore, des owes, gelyns et chapons, [...] bekas, aves (l. anes) ferines, owes rosers  407.27
2wild, uncultivated
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  Del pré me tres vers un gardin Grant e enclos, vert e ferin  12
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  cil qui pense tant rescoure Le corps, q'al alme ne socoure, Ainz laist aler vuid et farin  7728

s.

1zool.wild beast
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Des arbres i a peinz les rains, E entaillié i sunt farains  32.108
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 )  ele defent celui de morsure et de bleceure de ferains et de serpenz  107.XXII.6
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  cers e deins, Chevrols e bisses e farreins  1558
mesferin 
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