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fabler (c.1136-65)

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fabler (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: 3,345b fabulari; Gdf: 3,691c fabler /3,692b fablier; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1546 fabler /3,1546 fabliier; DEAF: F10 fabler /F12 fabler (fabloier); DMF: fabler / fabloyer; TLF: ∅; OED: fable v.; MED: fablen v.; DMLBS: 885c fabulari ]

fableier, fableir, fabloier, flabler 9796

v.n.

1to tell (fictitious) stories, tales:

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) Es places solent cil hanter Ki delit aiment seculer De lecheries de moiller, D'oir chanter e fableier 4772

( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii ) Je ne di mie fable ne je ne voil fabler, Testemoingne m’en poent cil de Fesamp porter i 60.1355

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) chevaler cortois [...] content e fabloient a tolir lur anuit 1653

( MS: c.1335 ) Puis que de fabler ay comencé, Ja n'y ert pur moun travail lessé iii 110.1

fabler de

1 to tell the story of:

( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Brecheliant Donc Breton vont sovent fablant ii 121.6374

fabler d'icel e d'el

1to talk about this and that, chat:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) Eissi entr'els d'icel e d'al Fablerent auqes longement 2905

fabler ové

1to chat, converse with:

( s.xiii^m?; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Et cum vus averez repris vostre parole, se vos fablés ovesques eux (=the sick, bed-ridden) et loez la region et la disposition de la mesun ii 21

sbst._inf.

1pej.telling stories, lying:

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) En murmuire e detraction S'abandone od dampnation, Kar en fabler e en mentir Fait en enfern s'alme perir 10815

sanz fabler

1in truth, truly:

( s.xiii²; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Ki en els enter sanz returnir, Dampné serra saunz fabler 36

p.pr._as_s.

1story-teller:

( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 ) Scille ad nun, dunt li fableant Dient ke chiens i ad baant 1539

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