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greille1 (s.xii2/4)
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greille1 (s.xii2/4)

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graille;  graisle;  gredle,  gredile,  greidle;  greile;  greisle;  grele,  grelle;  gresle;  greyle, 
pl. grelez  (gleyve (l. greyle?),  grael,  gralgez,  grelet  TLL ii 5,  grellet)  
  FEW:  gracilis 4,201b Gdf:  graile 4,330b GdfC: ∅ TL: graisle 4,526 DEAF:  graisle (graisle) G1195 DMF:  grêle 3  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  greille n.  DMLBS: ∅

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musicmil.trumpet, horn (used to give signal in battle): 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Sunent cil graisle e derere e devant E tuit rachatent encuntre l’olifant  Roland 1832
( c.1185 )  Son graille en halt fait soner  Proth ANTS 7179
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pur la victorie dunt il out la saisine Il funt soner greilles e businne  Anc Test (B) 11072
( MS: s.xiii1 )  tibie: gralgez  TLL ii 100.70
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Quant li provos l'entent, s'ad .i. grael sonnee, Il et tote si home sunt mult tost adoubbé [...] La furent tote ensamble pur combatre rangee  Dest Rome1 652
( MS: s.xiii2 )  lituus: ruet, grellet  TLL i 75
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  lituus: gleyve (l. greyle?)  TLL ii 83.70

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See also:

greillesce  greilleté  gresle1 
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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