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verronus

verronus [AN vairon, veiron, ME varond, verroun], (of horse) dappled, skewbald (cf. varius 1c). b (of dog) brindled. c1275 [si] ‥ vel caudam habeat albam vel corpori dissimilem nisi verrum fuerit CalIMisc 505; 1290 garcioni abbatis ‥ ducenti ad regem unum pa[lefridum] veyronem de dono domini sui (AcWardr) Chanc. Misc. 4/5 f. 44; 1300 equus veyronus AcWardr 80; 1317 pro restauro unius equi sui veyron' RGasc IV 1767; 1340 pro restauro ‥ j equi verron' TR Bk 203 p. 256.  b 1242 vidit duos canes currentes ad unam damam tesatam ad mortem; unum nigrum, unum verrum SelPlForest 74.

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