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[ FEW: 24,212a aequalis; Gdf: 4,619c ivel; GdfC: 9,426b egal; TL: 4,1291 igal; DEAF: I 487 ivel; DMF: égal; TLF: égal; OED: egall a.; MED: egal a.; DMLBS: 41c aequalis ]

engal, engual; esgal; ewel; igal, ingal, ygaul

a.1equal, of equal size ♦ equal, of exual status 2alike, identical 3equitable 4flat, even ♦ (of body of water) smooth, even

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1 equal, of equal size:

( 1356-57; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Si qe celles estoilles partent le firmament en .ij. parties ygaules 334

( 1432 ) [...] de paier au roi mill marcz [...] par egales portions iv 398

♦statusequal, of exual status:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Illuec =at the Round Table seeient li vassal Tuit chevalment e tuit egal 9754

( MS: 1155-60 ) Ewels (Latin: Aequalis) al Perre [...] 291.33

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) En la cort n’avra tiel ki a cest seit egal 1856

2alike, identical:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) tot ensement Vos di qe n’est pas sis ardors (=of Hell) Egaus a toz les peccheors 18726

( 1466 ) Auters queux sount en egal condicion serrount comprises deinz le remedie i 43.35

3equitable:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) (The judgement of God is) egal, Justes, verais e dreitural 139va

( c.1391; MS: s.xv¹ ) pur fere plenere et egale fin de toutes questions [...] 234.21

( 1399 ) fere egale justice et equité de toutz partz iii 415

4 flat, even:

( 1356-57; MS: s.xiv^ex ) en un autre isle y a gentz qe ount la face toute plate et tout ygaule, sanz nes et sans oes, forsquez deux petitz pertuiz reondez en lieu des oes et une bouche plate auxi come une fendure sanz lievres 358

♦(of body of water) smooth, even:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) (Holy Writ is similar) Al fleve plein, parfont, egal, Ou noer poet li olifant [...] E li aingnel a pié passer 7772

par egal
parigal

estre egal vers

1to be equal to, on a par with:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) sur tuz se pena H. [...] e ne fussent li soen vers les autres egal 372

equal parigal uel

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