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.
c. 1400. Maundev. (Roxb.), xxv. 117. Gentill fawcouns, laneres, sagres, sperhawkes.
1486. [see LANNERET].
1575. Turberv., Faulconrie, 114. You muste haue a gentle Lanner.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. v. 720. The Marlin, Lanar, and the gentle Tercell.
1637. T. Morton, New Eng. Canaan (1883), 198. The use whereof in other parts makes the Lannars there more bussardly then they be in New England.
1676. Lond. Gaz., No. 1127/4. Lost Aug. 27. at night, a young Lanner Nyes Hawk without Bells or Jesses.
1766. Pennant, Zool. (1768), I. 134. Except the Lanner none seem to have been noted among the British birds by any of our countrymen.
1834. R. Mudie, Brit. Birds (1841), I. 87. The Lanner (Falco Lanarius) bears some resemblance to the peregrine, but it is smaller.
1852. R. F. Burton, Falconry Indus, ii. 18. The female was called a Lanner, the male a Lanneret.
1860. Longf., Wayside Inn, Crew Long Serpent, i. Downward fluttered sail and banner as alights the screaming lanner.
attrib. 1686. trans. Chardin’s Trav. Persia, I. 82. Lanner-Hawks, Gos-Hawks, Hobbies.
1873. Tristram, Moab, ii. 32. A pair of lanner falcons.
