1to blow in the wind, flutter:
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
La veist l’om [...] Tant bel enseigne en halt baler al vent
(B) 6132
2danceto cartwheel, dance:
(
c.1245;
MS: c.1255
)
Chantent, balent e vielent
1217
(
s.xiiim;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
sa
(=Herodes’) fille [...] commença a baler e a tumber
90.230
(
c.1290;
MS: s.xivin
)
Berbiz baleye
(M.E. bleteþ), dame bale
(M.E. and lady daunce)
227
(
1396;
MS: s.xivex
)
ses escuiers se croulent, balent, dancent
42.31
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baler1 (c.1200)