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† havelon, -ilon, n. Obs. rare.
Also 4 have-, havi-, havyloune, 5 havylon, (erron. hamylon).
[a. OF. havellon, havillon, havrillon, of obscure origin; possibly related to havet = crochet, a sharp change of direction.]
Doubling, as of a fox; wile, guile; double-dealing.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 308 Whi þat he not sped, þis skille mot it be, With hauelon þam led, to mak þe purale [i.e. perambulation]. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 129 Þo þat vseth þis hauelounes [v.rr. hauylounes, -louns, hauelons] to blende mennes wittes. a1422Venery de Twety in Rel. Ant. I. 154 If yowre houndes renne to one chace, that is to seye, ruseȝt or hauylon [printed hamylon], or croiseth.
Hence † havelon v. intr., to double, or use wiles, as a fox. Obs.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1708 Þe fox..trantes & tornayeez þurȝ mony tene greue; Hauilounez [printed Hamlouneȝ] & herkenez, bi heggez ful ofte. 1486Bk. St. Albans E vj b, And the beest begynne to renne, as herttis be wont, Or for to hauylon as doos the fox with his gyle, Or for to crosse, as the roo dooth oder while. |