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robinettus

robinettus [ME robinet < OF dim. of Robin, Robert] 1 sort of small cannon or siege engine. 1300 pro uno corio equino empto ‥ ad lengas et alia necessaria inde facienda apud Karlaverok pro ingenio regis quod dicitur ~us AcWardr 65. 2 mischievous elf (cf. Robin Goodfellow). nota de Robineto, qui fuit in quadam domo in qua milites quidam ‥ hospitati sunt et, cum media nocte multum clamasset et milites ‥ a sompno impedisset, tandem ‥ quievit. et dixerunt milites ‥ “dormit Robinetus”. quibus Robinetus respondit “non dormio, sed quiesco” Latin Stories 38.

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