Middle English Dictionary Entry
ostǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ostǒur n. Also h)ostur, ostrei. |
| Etymology | OF ostor, hostur. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A goshawk.
Associated quotations
- [ (1360-61) Statutes Realm1.369 : Queconque persone qui troeve Faucon, terselet, lanere ou laneret, austoure ou autre Faucoun. ]
- (1293) Doc.Cust.Sea in NRS 4931 : Exonerari fecimus de xj navibus de Frisya et Alemania..iiij hosturs sors.
- (1303) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.298 : Pro v ostours et 1 tertel.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3154 : Þemperour of-sent his foules þo, Oscuriis [read: Osturiis; vr. Ostreyes; F Osturs], faucouns, & ierfaukes also.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)176 : Mikell he kouthe of haukes and houndes, of Ostours [vr. estriche faucouns], of Faukons of grete moundes.