August 29, 2006

NOTE 2

Filed under: explorers — chris @ 12:12 am

NOTE 2.–’_Ou demeurent_ sesnes.’ _Sesnes, Cesnes, Cecini, Cesanae_, is a
mediaeval form of _cygnes, cigni_, which seems to have escaped the
dictionary-makers. It occurs in the old Italian version of _Brunetto
Latini”s Tresor_, Bk. V. ch. xxv., as _cecino_; and for other examples,
see _Cathay_, p. 125.

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