gal1 (1121-25)
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gal1 (1121-25)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 4,46a gallus; Gdf: 4,628b jal; GdfC: ∅; TL: 4,1546 jal; DEAF: J58 jal; DMF:  jal; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 1048a gallus 2 ]
jal;  gau  

s.

1orn.zool.cock, cockerel: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Les testes ont crestees ensement com[e] gau  29.113
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  La gastine Ou ne vit onc jal ne geline  3810
ne [...] (pas) (un) gal
1fig.nothing at all: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  S’(e)il ne sunt plus savant ne se prise un jal  373
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Mes entre les parties (=of a broken statue) ne seyt ja gal Le quel fu pié u teste avant  11785
chant de gal(s)
1orn.soundtimecockcrow, crowing of cockerels that signals dawn: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  a chant de gals Matines dient  575
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  Bien leva devant le chant de gal  306
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