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Meanings of
gerfalcon
in anglès
portuguès
gerifalte
català
girfalc
espanyol
falco rusticolus
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Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases.
gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolus
català
girfalc
Usage of
gerfalcon
in anglès
1
Then said Sir Giffroun, "Sir Le Beau Disconus, you have lost the
gerfalcon
.
"
2
This white bird is a
gerfalcon
from the north.
3
And who that putteth that knight to the worse shall have a fair maid and a
gerfalcon
.
4
Smaller than the royal
gerfalcon
,
the Bishop's bird was none the less a swift and beautiful creature.
5
Whistle off the
gerfalcon
!
cried the Bishop.
6
If my lady be not esteemed so fair as yours, I will fight with you to win the
gerfalcon
.
7
All men said that Giffroun had lost the white
gerfalcon
;
and they bore him into the town upon his shield.
8
Whistle off the
gerfalcon
!
9
I have in this town one fairer, and therefore I shall take your
gerfalcon
and give it to Arthur the king.
10
If it had not have been for that little bird at Chilton you might have hoodwinked me as blind as ever
gerfalcon
was hooded.
11
But Le Beau Disconus sent the white
gerfalcon
to King Arthur for a gift, and the king sent him a hundred pounds' weight of florins.
12
I have
gerfalcons
,
for pigeons and partridges, but none for herons.
13
Of these there are more than 200
gerfalcons
alone, without reckoning the other hawks.
14
Know you if poor Alpin had set aside a pair of
gerfalcons
for his Majesty's tribute?
15
A dozen of his best
gerfalcons
are beside him, and near at hand ride several of his attendant lords.
16
Old falcons,
gerfalcons
,
and hawks, when they have long swept the plains, end their lives in a hole in a rock.
Other examples for "gerfalcon"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
gerfalcon
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
white gerfalcon
lose the gerfalcon
royal gerfalcon
Translations for
gerfalcon
portuguès
gerifalte
falcão gerifalte
català
girfalc
falcó sagrat
grifó
espanyol
falco rusticolus
Gerfalcon
through the time