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gal2 (s.xiiex)

gal2 (s.xiiex)

gale,  galle  
  FEW:  wala 17,473b Gdf:  gale 1 4,207b GdfC: TL: gale 4,64 DEAF:  galer (gale) G85 / galer (avoir gal) G85 DMF:  gal 3  TLF: OED:  gale n.2  MED:  gal(e n.1  DMLBS:

s.

aver gal
to get pleasure
( 1291-92 )  celli Thomas se aperceut bien ke il ne pout aver gal od Hervé  Sel Bills Eyre 16
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Le conte de Waraine e Huge Bigot le ber, Sire Jon Maunseil le clerke, Roger Mortimer, Sunt les aliens si orguillus de quor, E en la curt le rois unt si grant poer Ke cont ne baron pout gale en curt aver  LANGTOFT thiol2 437.11
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Par coveitise n’a bonté gal  BOZ Prov (R) 50.100
aver sun (etc.) gal de
pej.to make fun of, ridicule
( c.1215; MS: 1330-40 )  Promettront tei e bien e mal Pur aver de tei tot lur gal  Purg S Pat second anon 176
faire gal
to give pleasure
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Car si lui reys ut fet teu gal, Qe ceste bataile porroy fere Meyntenant, saun plus retrere, Plus ne requise, voyr, de lui  Amis 420 (var. C22)
sustenir gal
pej.to undergo ridicule, be humiliated
( 1261 )  la terre est perdue et l’esglise defamé e sustient galle  Baron Rebellion 232

[gdw]

See also:

trigal 
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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