herouncel (1320)
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herouncel (1320)

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[ FEW: 16,118b *haigro; Gdf: 4,468a heroncel; GdfC: ∅; TL: 4,839 haironcel; DEAF: H69 hairon (haironcel); DMF:  heroncel; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED:  heironseu n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
heronsew; 
pl. heronceux  

s.

1orn.zool.heronshaw, young heron: 
( 1320 )  Le bon herouncel pur xii deniers. Le bon butor pur xii deniers  304
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  Pecok enarmez, Heronsew, Muton  247a.ii
♦herald.heronshaw, young heron (as an armorial bearing): 
( MS: c.1334 )  Monsire Odynelle Heron, d’azure a troiz heronceux d’argent bek et pedz d’or  4, m.5
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