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15. wilda henn. Lit. 'wild hen'; used to distinguish 

 wild fowl from domestic fowl. 



Lchdm. 2. 244. 25 : ham and wilda hsenna. 



Gen. Pavo. Peacocks. 



16. pawa. Common peacock (/«z/^ cristatus) ; a native 

 of India, said to have been introduced into Europe by 

 Alexander the Great. 'L.. pavo ; G. pfau. 



JE. Gl. 2iOT. S: pauo, pawa; ZdA. 241. 68: ~ pawa ; WIV. 131. q: patto, 

 fautis, pawe ; Cp. P. 131 : pauo, pauua ; Ep.-Er. 826 : pavo ~ ; &. Gr. 9. 3 t 

 ~ pawe ; Ph. 312: onlicost pean ; Lchdm. 2. 196. 19: fuglas SaSe heard 

 flsBSC habbatS, pawa, swan, sened. 



III. General Terms. 

 The scheme of arrangement is as follows : 



1. brid; fleogend, and compounds ; fugol, and compounds. 



2. Foreign birds. 



3. Fabulous birds. 



4. Words wrongly interpreted as bird names. 



5. Unsolved problems. 



LXV. brid ; bird, in Northumbrian. In OE. used only 

 as a general name for the young of any of the feathered 

 tribe. Now used generically in -place of the older term 

 fowl. 'Found in literature down to 1600; still retained 

 in north, dial, as a 'hen and her birds.' ME. bryd, byrd. 

 There is no corresponding form in any other Teutonic 

 language, and the etymology is uncertain ' (cf. N. E, 

 Diet.). 



Cp. p. 886 : pullus, brid ; M. Gl. 307. 9 : ~ cicen oStSe brid otSSe fola ; M. 

 Gr. 28. 16 : ^ fola oS5e brid ; WW. 96. 2, Vesp. Hy. 7. 21 : briddas ; Ph. 

 235 : swylce earnes brid faegen fugel timber ; 372 : Surh briddes had ; Vesp. 

 Hy. 3. 10 : swe swe brid swalwan ; Lchdm. 2. 306. 7 : sec lytle stanas on 

 swealwan bridda magan ; 2. 306. 14 : hit sculon been micle briddas : Lk. 2. 

 24 : twa turtlan o33e twegen culfran briddas ; ib., birdas ; &. H. i. 250. 24: 

 seo modor siSSan mid hihte bret Saet seig to bridde ; 2. 144. 23 : heora 



