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

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

a.1equal 2alike, identical 3equitable 4smooth, even

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1equal:

( 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

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

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

2alike, identical:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) tot ensement Vos di qe n’est pas sis ardors (=of Hell) Egaus a toz les peccheors 140va

( 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

4smooth, 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 63ra

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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