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egal (1155)
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egal (1155)

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

a.

1 equal, of equal size: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Si qe celles estoilles partent le firmament en .ij. parties ygaules  Mandeville 334
( 1432 )  [...] de paier au roi mill marcz [...] par egales portions  Rot Parl1 iv 398
♦statusequal, of exual status: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Illuec (=at the Round Table) seeient li vassal Tuit chevalment e tuit egal  Brut WACE 9754
( MS: 1155-60 )  Ewels (Latin: Aequalis) al Perre [...]  Camb Ps 291.33
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  En la cort n’avra tiel ki a cest seit egal  Horn 1856
2alike, identical: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  tot ensement Vos di qe n’est pas sis ardors (=of Hell) Egaus a toz les peccheors  Dial Greg SATF 18726
( 1466 )  Auters queux sount en egal condicion serrount comprises deinz le remedie  Readings i 43.35
3equitable: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  (The judgement of God is) egal, Justes, verais e dreitural  Dial Greg SATF 139va
( c.1391; MS: s.xv1 )  pur fere plenere et egale fin de toutes questions [...]  Lett & Pet 234.21
( 1399 )  fere egale justice et equité de toutz partz  Rot Parl1 iii 415
4 flat, even: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex ) 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  Mandeville 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  Dial Greg SATF 7772
par egal
parigal
estre egal vers
to be equal to, on a par with: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  sur tuz se pena H. [...] e ne fussent li soen vers les autres egal  Horn 372

See also:

equal  parigal  uel 
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