gueisseillier (1174-75)
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gueisseillier (1174-75)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 17,426b *ves heill; Gdf: 4,380a guerseillier; GdfC: ∅; TL: 4,763 guessoillier; DEAF: G1591 guessoi (*guessoillier); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  wassail v.; MED:  wassailen v.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
wesseiller,  weisseiller  
M.E.; Scandinavian

v.n.

1to carouse, drink excessively: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Li Engleis sunt bon vantur, ne sevent osteer; Mielz sevent as gros hanaps beivre e gueisseillier  979
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  il ot la nuit weisseillé; Quant en dreit sen pus se reverti, De ses wesseiles se repenti  1224
gueseylur#1  wesseil 
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