falcun

See also: falcùn

Old French

Noun

falcun oblique singular, m (oblique plural falcuns, nominative singular falcuns, nominative plural falcun)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of faucon (falcon)
- c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
  Plus est isnels que nen est uns falcuns.
  [He] is faster than a falcon

Romansch

Alternative forms

falcùn (Sutsilvan)
falcung (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Late Latin falcō, falcōnem.

Noun

falcun m (plural falcuns)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) falcon
(Sursilvan) kestrel

Synonyms

(kestrel):
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) crivel, (Surmiran) creivel, (Vallader) cribel
- (Surmiran) feila l'ora
- (Puter, Vallader) falcun brün, filadè
- (Vallader) battalaura

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