Graal (s.xivin)

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Graal (s.xivin)

[ FEW: 2,1293 cratis; Gdf: 4,326b graal; GdfC: ; TL: 4,491 graal; DEAF: G1105 graal; DMF:  graal; TLF:  graal; OED:  grail n.2; MED:  gral n. / seint-gral n.; DMLBS: 1089b Graal ]
 

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1 mythologicaltheol.literature Holy Grail, legendary cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and containing His blood (and, by extension, any of the various texts known as Li contes del Graal, or Perceval)
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Le cotel yleqe ad trovee Que parmi ly out naufré. Issi nous counte le Graal, Le lyvre de le seint vassal  60.29
Seint Graal
1 mythologicaltheol.literature Holy Grail, legendary cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and containing His blood (and, by extension, any of the various texts known as Li contes del Graal, or Perceval)
( 1309; MS: s.xvi2 )  Si s’enfui meismez a chastel de Pucelis, qu’est en Escosse, ou il morust, a la testemoinaunce Seint Graal, qi de cel article fait ascun mencion, dount celuy autour prent cel auctorité  6.15
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Graal