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avel1 (c.1136-37)

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avel1 (c.1136-37)

aveal,  aval,  aveol,  avol; 
pl. avals,  aveus,  aveaus,  aviaus  
[ FEW: 14,216a velle; Gdf: 1,512b avel 1; GdfC: ; TL: 1,712 avel; DEAF:  voloir (avel); DMF:  aveau 1; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]

s.

1emotiondesire
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Issi poez entrer el chastel E acomplir tut tun avel  8720
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Si par defaute d’alcun d’als, L’autre chiet en mals aveals  38
pej.illicit desire
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Ki ses avols ben ne refraint, Vers Deu de malfait est ataint  2131
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  covenant k’avez cunfermet Gardez ke pas ne fausez; Kar ceo avient as joefnes desleaus E a puteins pur lur aveaus  1061
wish, desire, sought-after thing
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Piez esteit suen un fort chastel, Asez aveit (var. (L: s.xiii2) i aveit) de sun avel  6256
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Mes quant il orent perdu le plus de lur aveus […]  1829
2emotiondelight, pleasure
( 1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  A plenté out de ses avels (var. aviaus), Or e argent e bons anels  137
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  Haiter deivent tels juvencels Ki asez ont de lur aveals Pur tollir les pensers del mund  192
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Jesus just en vils drapels Pur nus oster de tels avels (=delights of this world)  1871
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Orgue et vin et autre aveals  566
faire avel a
to give pleasing gifts to
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De l’eschec qu’il ad conquis fet as soens aveals  2065
faire mes (etc.) avels
to comply with my (etc.) wishes, commands
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Mi chevaler funt mes aveols  3064
faire sun (etc.) avel, faire de sun (etc.) avel, faire ses (etc.) avels, faire de ses (etc.) avels
to do as one (etc.) pleases
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Mult fist en Kent de ses avels, A M. fermat chastels  3427
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Mes mult fet ses avels ly rois cortoisement Qe bien les (=mother and wife) fet vestir  2647
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  dan David d’Escoce i fist de sun avel, Il mena tel preie que mult li sembla bel  1129
sivre sun (etc.) avel
to follow one’s (etc.) desires
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  E. li reis porta corone, Grant chose afiert a sun apel, Bien deit um siwre sun avel  4966

See also:

availl 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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