irchoun
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Northern French irechon, from Latin ericius.
Noun
irchoun (plural irchouns)
- a hedgehog
Descendants
- English: urchin
References
- “hurcheon” in James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, 4, Old Compton Street, Soho, 1847, OCLC 81046494, page 469, column 2.
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