salvagin1 (s.xii3/4)
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salvagin1 (s.xii3/4)

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[FEW: 11,619a silvaticus; Gdf: 7,332a sauvagin; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  sauvage (sauvagin); DMF:  sauvagin; TLF:  sauvagin; OED:  savagine adj. and n.; MED:  savagine adj.; DMLBS: ∅]
sauvagin  

a.

1geog.desolate, remote from civilisation: 
( MS: s.xiv2 )  si trova cest lu ke ore est apelee Crabhus, tut savagine et de graunt partie envirun de totes pars n’esteyt habitaciun de home  12
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Hors de la joye celestine En la deserte salvagine  317
♦zool.(of animals) wild, undomesticated, untamed: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Li uns =people mange char e veneisun sauvagine  4695
( 1375 )  une beste sauvagin appellé un hert calf  i 286
salvage  salvager  salvagesce  salvagine 
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