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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1452, 1504
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Gere-, Geir-falcon, n. [ME. gerfalcon, -faucoun (1382), etc., OF. gerfaucon.] A gerfalcon. — c1450-2 Howlat 319.
Geir falconnis, that gentilly in bewte haboundis, War deir dukis, and digne 1504 Treasurer's Accounts II. 444.
To ane man … [that] brocht tna gere falconis to the King
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