heronsewe
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French haironcel, diminutive of heiron.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛrunˈsɛu̯/, /ˈhɛrunsɛu̯/, /ˈhɛr(ə)nsɛu̯/, /hɛi̯-/, /hɛː-/
Noun
heronsewe (plural heronsewes)
- The young of the grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Squyers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- I wol nat tellen / of hir strange sewes / Ne of hir swannes / nor of hire heronsewes […].
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- The meat of a heron used as food.
References
- “heironseu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-06.
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