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falcun
falcun
See also: falcùn
Old French
Noun
falcun m (oblique plural falcuns, nominative singular falcuns, nominative plural falcun)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of faucon (falcon)
- circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
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Plus est isnels que nen est uns falcuns.
- [He] is faster than a falcon
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Plus est isnels que nen est uns falcuns.
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Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin falcō, falcōnem.
Noun
falcun m (plural falcuns)
Synonyms
- (kestrel):
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) crivel, (Surmiran) creivel, (Vallader) cribel
- (Surmiran) feila l'ora
- (Puter, Vallader) falcun brün, filadè
- (Vallader) battalaura