Citations:acquerne
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English citations of acquerne
- 1898, unknown, MLN. - Volume 13, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 32:
- The passage to which Brandi refers is as follows (ll. 357 f.), Ther nys nouther fou ne grey. ne konyng. ne hermyne. Ne oter. ne acquerne. Beuveyr ne sablyne. It would surely be astonishing to find the word “king” in this long list of furs.
- 1913, unknown, The Classical Weekly - Volume 6, Classical Association of the Atlantic States, page 205:
- There were also the early Middle English acquerne, the old Swedish ekorni and the modern Swedish ickorn and ekorre, the Danish egern, and the Dutch eekhoren and inkhoren, the latter introducing a new nasal element.
- 1920, Joseph Hall, Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250 - Part 1, page 352:
- konyng J; cunig EM. 362. aquierne, squirrel : OE. ficwern, in oldest form ficweorna, Sweet, Oldest E. Texts, 590 : ocquerne E ; Okerne M ; Ne oter ne acquerne J. martres cheole, marten's throat.