baleier1 (c.1136-37)
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baleier1 (c.1136-37)

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  FEW:  ballare 1,219a Gdf:  baloier 1,565a GdfC: ∅ TL: baloiier  DEAF:  baler (baloiier)  DMF:  baloyer  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
baleer;  balier;  baloier  

v.n.

1 meteo. (of wind) to blow, gust: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  ne crei plus vos diz ke le vent ki baleie  1968
2 to blow in the wind, flutter: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Bertran le fiz Neimon est alez atacher El pomel desure le grant paleis plener Une esaine vermaile k'il funt baloier  3750
3 (of a beard) to spread out: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  La barbe li baloie jesk'a nu del brael  3250
4 dance to cartwheel, dance: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  W. un naim aveit, Ki baler  (ms. baleer) e trescher saveit, Si saveit saillir e tumber  3986 (MS)
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  sa (=Herodes’) fille [...] commença a baler (var. (H: c.1335) balier) e a tumber  90.230 (var.)
bal#1  bale  balee  balenge  baler#1 
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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