festival (1121-25)
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festival (1121-25)

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[ FEW: 3,485a festivitas; Gdf: 3,772c festivel; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1778 festival; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  festival; TLF: ∅; OED:  festival adj. and n.; MED:  festival adj.; DMLBS: 933a festivalis ]
festyval,  festivel, 
pl. festivalx  

a.

1festive, suitable for a feast, magnificient: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Un chaliz mult festival Prent l'abés tut de cristal  1093
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  E le seingnur, seant a l’uis de sun ostal, Nobile citoien en atur festival  19
♦festive, joyful: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Buisinez en la festivel tube, el noble jurn de la nostre solennited  91.80.3
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Cest jur lui facez festival  10097
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  A la Paske duce celestial Ke tutdis dure festival  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  4100
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  aler en Bethleem [...] pur uns festivals sacrefises que mi parent i funt  40
jur festival
1timefeast-day: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Kar la cogitatiun d'ume regehira a tei, e remasilles de cogitatiun jurn festivel ferunt a tei  86.75.10
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  [...] est touz jors armé de s’armeure, e jour festival e autre  58.12
( MS: s.xivm )  Hester [...] maunde [...] jour festival es derreins venauntz  4ra
( 1411 )  faire divine service chescun jour festivale  iii 658
tens festival
1timefestive period: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ceo esteyt au tens festyval Ke les freres au chapytre general Communement se assemblerent  6363
( MS: 1419 )  et le Marsdy, pur agarder defautes et pleder, - forspris certeins temps et jours festivalx et altres causes resonables  181
faire festival memoire de
1to commemorate: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Sin faites festival memorie Devant les cors sainz od grant glorie  2797
tresfestival 
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