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baailer (1121-35)

baailer (1121-35)

baailler,  baallier,  baaler,  baaller;  baeler,  baeiler,  baeiller;  baoiller;  bailer,  bailler;  baler,  balier,  baliier  
  FEW:  bataculare 1,281b Gdf:  baaillier 1,543b GdfC:  baailler 8,263a TL: bäaillier 1,786 DEAF:  baaillier  DMF:  bâiller  TLF:  bâiller  OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.intrans.

to open the mouth, gape
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Cetus (=a whale) ad tel nature Que quant il volt manger, Cumence a balier [...] Que li petit peissun [...] En sa buche enterunt  Best ants 1944
( MS: s.xii )  ossitat: balet, gaspin  TLL i 32
( MS: s.xiii )  oscitavit: in gallico baala  TLL i 244
to yawn (as an expression of tiredness)
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (the supposedly dead child) les oilz uverid e set foiz baeilad  Liv Reis1 181
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Par trop veiller hom baal (M.E. gones)  BIBB ROTH (G) 289
emotionto gasp (as an expression of strong emotion)
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  qui oist le felon crier et le veist escaucherrer, denz reguinier, braz degeter, jambes estendre et recorber sovent sangloter et baallier  Rom de Rou wace ii 327.589
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