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páwa

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
páwa, peá, an; m. : páwe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§291;
Peacock, peahen
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  • Páwa

    pavo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3 ; Som. 8, 34, Pauua, Txts. 90, 826.
  • Pawa,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 24.
  • Páwe,

    pavo, pavus,

      29, 4.
  • Fuglas ða ðe heard flǽsc habbaþ, páwa, swan, æned,

      Lchdm. ii. 196, 19.
  • On ðære ylcan stówe byþ óðer fugelcynn fenix hátte ða habbaþ cambas on heáfde swá páwan

    in eo monte est avis fenix que habet cristas quasi orbes pavonis,

      Nar. 39, 4.
  • Se fugel (

    the phenix

    ) is onlícost peán,
      Exon. Th. 219, 25; Ph. 312.
Etymology
[A pruest proud as a po, Pol. Songs, 159, 15 : Wick. poos ; pl.: O. H. Ger. pfáwo : Icel. pá or pái (as a nickname). From Latin.]
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  • páwa, n.