† havilonn.

Forms: Middle English hauelon, Middle English haueloun, Middle English hauilon, Middle English hauiloun, Middle English hauylon, Middle English hauyloun, late Middle English hanyloun (probably transmission error).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French havilun, haveillon.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman havilun, havylloun and Old French haveillon sharp change in direction made by a hunted animal (late 12th cent.), act of deception, ruse (1307 or earlier, apparently only in Anglo-Norman) < a first element related to Old French hef and (with diminutive suffix) havet , both denoting kinds of hook (further etymology uncertain and disputed) + -illon , diminutive suffix ( < -ille -illa suffix + -on : see -oon suffix).

Obsolete.

An act of deception, a ruse, a trick. Also: deception, guile. Cf. havilon v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun]

listOE

wiþercraftc1175

wilta1230

craftc1275

sleightc1275

engine?a1300

quaintisec1300

vaidiec1325

wilec1374

cautelc1375

sophistryc1385

quaintnessc1390

voisdie1390

havilon?a1400

foxeryc1400

subtletyc1400

undercraftc1400

practic?a1439

callidityc1450

policec1450

wilinessc1450

craftiness1484

gin1543

cautility1554

cunning1582

cautelousness1584

panurgy1586

policy1587

foxshipa1616

cunningnessa1625

subdolousness1635

dexterity1656

insidiousnessa1677

versuteness1685

pawkiness1687

sleight-hand1792

pawkery1820

vulpinism1851

downiness1865

foxiness1875

slimness1899

slypussness1908

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 308 Whi þat he not sped, þis skille mot it be, With hauelon þam led, to mak þe purale.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. B.15.17) (1975) B. x. l. 134 Þo þat vseþ þise hauylons [v.rr. hauelounes, hauylouns, hauelons] [for] to blende mennes wittes.

c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 7882 (MED) Thei toke..And sent him to his pauylons With-outen any hauylons, And held hem In her prisoun.

c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 58 Flaterers..beþ wel likned to foxes tailes for here hauylones and sleyȝtes and wrechednesses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

† havilonv.

Forms: see havilon n.; also late Middle English hamylon (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: havilon n.

Etymology: < havilon n.

Obsolete.

intransitive. Of a hunted or hunting animal: to double back or pursue a winding course as a ruse. Cf. havilon n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)]

havilonc1400

trantc1400

to draw a snecka1500

craft1530

to play (the) fox1599

politize1623

art1637

to have a sheep's eye1711

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1708 Þe fox..trantes & tornayeeȝ þurȝ mony tene greue, Hauilouneȝ & herkeneȝ, bi heggeȝ ful ofte.

c1425 Twiti Venery (Vesp. B.xii) 154 (MED) But if yowre houndes renne to on chace, that is to seye, ruseȝt or hamylon, or croiseth or dwell, and they conne not put it no ferthere, ye shal seye, Ho, so, [etc.].

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. evi^v And the beest begynne to renne as herttis be wont Or for to hauylon [printed hanylon] as doos the fox with his gyle Or for to crosse as the Roo dooth oder while.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	havilon
释义	† havilonn. Forms: Middle English hauelon, Middle English haueloun, Middle English hauilon, Middle English hauiloun, Middle English hauylon, Middle English hauyloun, late Middle English hanyloun (probably transmission error). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French havilun, haveillon. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman havilun, havylloun and Old French haveillon sharp change in direction made by a hunted animal (late 12th cent.), act of deception, ruse (1307 or earlier, apparently only in Anglo-Norman) < a first element related to Old French hef and (with diminutive suffix) havet , both denoting kinds of hook (further etymology uncertain and disputed) + -illon , diminutive suffix ( < -ille -illa suffix + -on : see -oon suffix). Obsolete. An act of deception, a ruse, a trick. Also: deception, guile. Cf. havilon v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] listOE wiþercraftc1175 wilta1230 craftc1275 sleightc1275 engine?a1300 quaintisec1300 vaidiec1325 wilec1374 cautelc1375 sophistryc1385 quaintnessc1390 voisdie1390 havilon?a1400 foxeryc1400 subtletyc1400 undercraftc1400 practic?a1439 callidityc1450 policec1450 wilinessc1450 craftiness1484 gin1543 cautility1554 cunning1582 cautelousness1584 panurgy1586 policy1587 foxshipa1616 cunningnessa1625 subdolousness1635 dexterity1656 insidiousnessa1677 versuteness1685 pawkiness1687 sleight-hand1792 pawkery1820 vulpinism1851 downiness1865 foxiness1875 slimness1899 slypussness1908 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 308 Whi þat he not sped, þis skille mot it be, With hauelon þam led, to mak þe purale. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. B.15.17) (1975) B. x. l. 134 Þo þat vseþ þise hauylons [v.rr. hauelounes, hauylouns, hauelons] [for] to blende mennes wittes. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 7882 (MED) Thei toke..And sent him to his pauylons With-outen any hauylons, And held hem In her prisoun. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 58 Flaterers..beþ wel likned to foxes tailes for here hauylones and sleyȝtes and wrechednesses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † havilonv. Forms: see havilon n.; also late Middle English hamylon (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: havilon n. Etymology: < havilon n. Obsolete. intransitive. Of a hunted or hunting animal: to double back or pursue a winding course as a ruse. Cf. havilon n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] havilonc1400 trantc1400 to draw a snecka1500 craft1530 to play (the) fox1599 politize1623 art1637 to have a sheep's eye1711 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1708 Þe fox..trantes & tornayeeȝ þurȝ mony tene greue, Hauilouneȝ & herkeneȝ, bi heggeȝ ful ofte. c1425 Twiti Venery (Vesp. B.xii) 154 (MED) But if yowre houndes renne to on chace, that is to seye, ruseȝt or hamylon, or croiseth or dwell, and they conne not put it no ferthere, ye shal seye, Ho, so, [etc.]. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. evi^v And the beest begynne to renne as herttis be wont Or for to hauylon [printed hanylon] as doos the fox with his gyle Or for to crosse as the Roo dooth oder while. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1400v.c1400
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