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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1569
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Fannoun, n. Also: fannowne, fannon, fanon(e, phanon, phanoun. [ME. fanon (1418), e.m.E. fannon, phanon, F. fanon, med. L. fano.] A fanon, maniple. c1420 Wynt. ix. 597.
Albis wyth parurys to tha lyk, Wyth stole and fannowne [C. fannon] lyk to tha 1454 Old Dundee II. 24.
Twa albis, twa chesipills with stolis, phanonis, amytis, and beltis c 1454 Dundee B. Ct. I. 4.
Twa chesapillis with stolis phanouns amytis and beltis thair to 1501 Treasurer's Accounts II. 65.
iiij elne grene damas to be stoles and fannounis c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 55.
Thocht he come hame a new maid channoun, … On him come nowthir stolenor fannoun 1510 Stirlings of Keir 293.
A stole, a fanone, a amet c 1555 Crail Ch. Reg. 64.
Twa tunykillis, with abbis, stolis, and fannonis 1569 Inv. Q. Mary 184.
Imprimis of stoillis and fannounis xxxij
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