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esteem among falconers, and flown at cranes, geese, pheas- 

 ants, and partridges.' Some think it doubtful, however, 

 that the bird is powerful enough to attack birds of the 

 size of the goose and crane. On this point Newton says 

 in his Diet, of Birds : 'Its Eng. name has possibly been 

 transferred to this species from one of the long-winged 

 hawks, or true falcons, since there is no tradition of the 

 goshawk, now so called, having been used in Europe to 

 take geese or other large and powerful birds.' 



WW. 285. 2: accipittr, goshafoc ; ZdA. 240. 14: ancipUer~. 



Genus Accipiter. Sparrow-hawks. 



XXXII. spearhafoc. Sparrow-hawk (accipiter nisus) ; 

 one of the smaller hawks used in fowling; <^spearwa, 

 sparrow + hafoc, hawk. ME. sparhauk, sperhauk ; Icel. 

 sparrhaukr : Sw. sparfhok. 



WW. 132. 26 : accipiter uel raptor, spearhafoc ; 285. 5 : hetum ~ ; 287. 15 : 

 ismarus alietum ~ ; ZdA. 240. 16 : alietum ~ \ WW. 259. g : ~ spearhafuc ; 

 jE. Gl. 307. note : ~ sperhauac ; WW. 351. 21 : accipiter, spearhafuc ; Cp. A. 

 432 : alietum, spearhabuc. 



XXXIII. I. hafoc. General term for hawk. Probably 

 from the root *kaf of hebban, E. heave, in its early sense 

 of 'take,' 'seize' (cf. Cent. Diet.). ME. havek, havec, havoc; 

 OHG. habuch, habich ; G. habicht ; Icel. haukr. 



jE. Gn 43. 15 : accipitres, hafuc ; Ld. 51: ~ haefuc ; WW. 95. 12: mid 

 hafoce ; 95. 14: haefst Su hafoc; 95. 18: syle me xnne hafoc; 95. 20: 

 hwylcne hafac ; 95. 22 : hu afest 5u hafocas t5ine ; Beo. 2263 : ne god 

 hafoc geond sael swingetS ; Rid, 25. 3 : hwilum gielle swa hafoc ; 41. 67 : ic 

 msegfromlicor fleogan Sonne pernex oSSe earn, oStSe hafoc sefre meahte.; 

 Crafts of Men %l : sum biS fugelbona, hafeces crseftig ; Vesp. Ps. 103. 17: 

 heafuces ; Fates of Men 86 . sum sceal wildne fugel wloucne atemian 

 heafoc on honda ; Cod. Dip. 2. 380. 26: twegen hafoces ; By. 7: he let him 

 3a of handon leofre fleogan hafoc ; Rid. 7. 8 : hafoc ; Gn. Ver. Cot. 17 : hafuc 

 sceal on glofe wilde gewunian ; &. Gl. 307. 2 : accipiter, hafoc. 



Hafoc is often found in names of places; see Cod. Dip. 6. 

 295. 



2. hafoccynn. Hawk-kind. 



Lev. II. 13: ne ete ge nan tSing hafoccynnes ne earncynnes. 



