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favele (c.1136-37)

favele (c.1136-37)

favelle  
  FEW:  fabella 3,341a Gdf:  favele 3,736c GdfC: TL: favele 3,1673 DEAF:  favele F194 DMF:  favelle  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  fabella 1 883b

s.

1lang.language
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  le sermon [...] rudement endité pur eschyre curiosité, ke l’em le (l. ne) lessa[s]t la sentence dedenz pur la curiose favele dehors  Mirour Egl 2.4
speech, words
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Si l’emperur or nus apele De meuz en vaudra nostre favele E nus en serrum plus hardiz E vers ses fez e vers ses diz  Set Dorm ANTS 602
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Jesu, Ki, sulum ta favele, Deu e Fiz Deu fu  S Aub 80
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  La franche (=B.V.M.) od sa duce favele Sun bon clergun vers lui apele  Mir N-D 250.187
talk, conversation
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  E diseient en lur favele Qu’en tut le mund n’aveit si bele  GAIMAR1 3745
2gossip, idle talking
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  icels lius ou plus en a de favele e de jangle  Ancren2 194.17
flattering words
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Quant il asculte leure favelle, Que tous luy prisont [...] Tieu veine gloire luy survient, Orguil luy monte en la cervelle  GOWER Mirour 1267
verbiage
( c.1185 )  [En] poi de moz dit son talent Et sanz envi[e] et sanz favele  Proth ANTS 6212
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Mes plus set d’enchantement, d’art e de favele Ke ne set de tanailles fevre ki martele  S Aub 1250
( MS: c.1330 )  Que meynte feme si chauncele Par bele promesse e favele De mout de gent  BIBB ROTH Poems 107
sanz favele
without saying a word, silently
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Il entra la chaumbre cele damoysele [...] si queyntement, saunz noyse u favele, Qe nul home nel sout for qe soule cele  Lyric 187.43
estre de grant favele
to be a chit-chatter, to be garrulous
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Ceste recluse ou ceste nonein est de grant favele ou de grant jangle  Ancren2 179.21
estre en favele
to spread gossip
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Es jufnis, si udivesce am[e]ient; [...] U si il seit mut en favele, E porte en cloistre suvent novele  Lum Lais ANTS 10047

See also:

fable1  faveler  faveleresse  favelor 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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