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[garçunaille] (s.xii3/4)
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[garçunaille] (s.xii3/4)

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garçonaille  (garsçuaile (l. garsçunaile, garsenaille))  
  FEW:  *wrakkjo 17,615b Gdf:  garçonaille 4,221b GdfC: ∅ TL: garçonaille 4,115 DEAF:  garçon (garçonaille) G149 DMF:  garçonnaille  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

coll.group of boys, youngsters: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Si orra des clers la grant noise [...] Nun pas enfanz ne garsçuaile (l. garsçunaile, garsenaille)  174.87
♦pej.coll.group of boys, rabble: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Au roy Alisandre dit honte e contraille E l’apella avoutre e sa gent garçonaille  1868

[gdw]

See also:

garce1  garcette  garçun  garçunchel  garçuner 
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.
garçunaille