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Meanings of gerfalcon in English

Portuguese
gerifalte
Catalan
girfalc
Spanish
falco rusticolus

Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases.

        gerifalte
        Usage of gerfalcon in English
        1
        Then said Sir Giffroun, "Sir Le Beau Disconus, you have lost the gerfalcon."
        The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry
        2
        This white bird is a gerfalcon from the north.
        The King in Yellow
        3
        And who that putteth that knight to the worse shall have a fair maid and a gerfalcon.
        Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2
        4
        Smaller than the royal gerfalcon, the Bishop's bird was none the less a swift and beautiful creature.
        Sir Nigel
        5
        Whistle off the gerfalcon! cried the Bishop.
        Sir Nigel
        6
        If my lady be not esteemed so fair as yours, I will fight with you to win the gerfalcon.
        The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry
        7
        All men said that Giffroun had lost the white gerfalcon; and they bore him into the town upon his shield.
        The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry
        8
        Whistle off the gerfalcon!
        Sir Nigel
        9
        I have in this town one fairer, and therefore I shall take your gerfalcon and give it to Arthur the king.
        The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry
        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.
        London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
        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.
        The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry
        12
        I have gerfalcons, for pigeons and partridges, but none for herons.
        The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
        13
        Of these there are more than 200 gerfalcons alone, without reckoning the other hawks.
        The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
        14
        Know you if poor Alpin had set aside a pair of gerfalcons for his Majesty's tribute?
        The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (12...
        15
        A dozen of his best gerfalcons are beside him, and near at hand ride several of his attendant lords.
        From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
        16
        Old falcons, gerfalcons, and hawks, when they have long swept the plains, end their lives in a hole in a rock.
        The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
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