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Graal (s.xivin)
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Graal (s.xivin)

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

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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  Fouke ANTS 60.29
Seint Graal
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  Petit Bruit 6.15
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Graal