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Griffo

1 Griffo [AN griffun, ME griffoun, app. related toAN, OF griu < Graecus] , (Byzantine) Greek. s1184 dominabantur in ea [sc. Ierusalem] ~ones Christiani G. Hen. II I 330; s1190 cives ‥ nequam, vulgo dicti ~ones, et patribus progeniti plures eorum Saracenis, nostris ‥ exstiterant ‥ infesti Itin. Ric. II 12; s1190 cepit castellum ‥ quod dicitur monasterium ~onum. ~ones insultum facientes ‥ repulsi sunt Diceto YH 85; unus [rex Francie] dictus est Agnus a Grifonibus, alter [rex Anglie] Leonis nomen accepit Devizes 29; vilibus et effeminatis ~onibus Ib. 30.

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