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festival (1121-25)

festival (1121-25)

festyval,  festivel, 
(pl. festivalx)  
  FEW:  festivitas 3,485a Gdf:  festivel 3,772c GdfC: TL: festival 3,1778 DEAF:  festivité (festival) F297 DMF:  festival  TLF: OED:  festival adj. and n.  MED:  festival adj.  DMLBS:  festivalis 933a

a.

1festive, suitable for a feast, magnificient
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Un chaliz mult festival Prent l'abés tut de cristal  S Brend mup 1093
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  E le seingnur, seant a l’uis de sun ostal, Nobile citoien en atur festival  S Aub 19
festive, joyful
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Buisinez en la festivel tube, el noble jurn de la nostre solennited  Oxf Ps ANTS 91.80.3
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Cest jur lui facez festival  S Clem ANTS 10097
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  A la Paske duce celestial Ke tutdis dure festival  S Fran ANTS 3254
2solemn, ceremonious
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Quant la messe ont oïe al muster principal E li servises fait e haut e festival Cum tut dreit d’espuser cele fille real  Horn 4100
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  aler en Bethleem [...] pur uns festivals sacrefises que mi parent i funt  Liv Reis1 40
jur festival
timefeast-day
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Kar la cogitatiun d'ume regehira a tei, e remasilles de cogitatiun jurn festivel ferunt a tei  Oxf Ps ANTS 86.75.10
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  [...] est touz jors armé de s’armeure, e jour festival e autre  vegetius2 58.12
( MS: s.xivm )  Hester [...] maunde [...] jour festival es derreins venauntz  S Jer 4ra
( 1411 )  faire divine service chescun jour festivale  Rot Parl1 iii 658
tens festival
timefestive period
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ceo esteyt au tens festyval Ke les freres au chapytre general Communement se assemblerent  S Fran ANTS 6363
( MS: 1419 )  et le Marsdy, pur agarder defautes et pleder, - forspris certeins temps et jours festivalx et altres causes resonables  Lib Alb 181
faire festival memoire de
to commemorate
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Sin faites festival memorie Devant les cors sainz od grant glorie  S Edw barking 2797

See also:

tresfestival 
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