See ratoun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "With that a rout of rats ran at once, / and small mice with them; more than a thousand.",
"ref": "c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:",
"text": "Wiþ þat ran þere a route · of ratones at ones / And smale mys with hem · mo þen a þousande",
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