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lanner|ˈlænə(r)|
Forms: 5–7 laner(e, -yer(e, (5 lanare, 6 lanor), 6–7 lanier, 6 lanar, 7 lannar, 6– lanner.
[ad. F. lanier, app. a subst. use of the OF. lanier cowardly.
Cf. the med.L. synonym tardarius, and the description ‘le lannier..est mol et sans courage’, quoted by Godef. s.v.]
A species of falcon, found in countries bordering on the Mediterranean, Falco lanarius or F. feldeggi. In Falconry, the female of this species.
c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxv. 117 Gentill fawcouns, laneres, sagres, sperhawkes. 1486[see lanneret]. 1575Turberv. Faulconrie 114 You muste haue a gentle Lanner. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas i. v. 720 The Marlin, Lanar, and the gentle Tercell. 1637T. Morton New Eng. Canaan (1883) 198 The use whereof in other parts makes the Lannars there more bussardly then they be in New England. 1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1127/4 Lost Aug. 27. at night, a young Lanner Nyes Hawk without Bells or Jesses. 1766Pennant Zool. (1768) I. 134 Except the Lanner none seem to have been noted among the British birds by any of our countrymen. 1834R. Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 87 The Lanner (Falco Lanarius) bears some resemblance to the peregrine, but it is smaller. 1852R. F. Burton Falconry Indus ii. 18 The female was called a Lanner, the male a Lanneret. 1860Longfellow Wayside Inn, Crew Long Serpent i, Downward fluttered sail and banner as alights the screaming lanner.
attrib.1686tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia i. 82 Lanner-Hawks, Gos-Hawks, Hobbies. 1873Tristram Moab ii. 32 A pair of lanner falcons. |