erodius

erodius, ~ion (her-) [LL < ἐρωδιός; cf. CL ardea] 1 (w. ref. to bibl. or CL usage) egret or heron, conf. w. swan. Cf.Deut. xiv 16, Lev. xi 9, Job xxxix 13, Psalm. ciii 17; Pliny HN X 126. ~ios, Gr., swan Ælf. Gl.; 10‥ ~ios (v. Diomedeus); quidam boni passeres quorum dux ~ii domus, petra videlicet Christus erat Rob. Bridl. Dial. 4; pennas strucio gestat / hērŏdii pennis ancipitrisque pares [cf. Job xxxix 13] Gower VC IV 1060; herodies Upton 186 (v. Diomedeus). 2 bird of prey: a goshawk or sim.; b gerfalcon or sim.; c unspec. a ~ius, walchhabuc GlC H 83; ~ion, walchefuc Gl. Leid. 19. 35; goshawke, ancipiter, ‥ ~ius PP; a goshauke, ‥ ~ius CathA (v. accipiter). b assit pertica cui insidere possit nisus et capus, ~ius [gl.:merilun, gerfauk], alietus Neckam Ut. 100; gerfawcen, ~ius PP; ~ius qui et girfale, ut glossa super Leviticum dicit, in loco ubi aves immunde prohibentur, vel girfalcus dicitur. inter omnes autem aves nobiles nobilissima avis est, colore vestita ceruleo Upton 187 (cf. ib. 188: aliud genus [falconum] est illud quod ~ius vel vulgariter girfalcus dicitur); a fawcon, ~ius, falco, ‥ a gerfaucon, ~ius CathA. c ibi omnis generis volucres maxime que ex rapto vivunt ‥ ibi milvi, ibi accipitres, ibi lari, ibi ~ii H. Bos. LM 1320; dicit Plinius quod ~ius et consimiles aves in die quo audiunt aquilam vix predantur Bart. Angl. XII 2 (cf. ib. 21: ~ius est avis regia prede avida et manu gestantis assueta; est autem avis animosa ad modum accipitris); c1260 (v. chirotheca 2d).

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