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alas (1120-40)
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alas (1120-40)

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alasse,  allas;  halas;  helas  
  FEW:  lassus 5,196a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  helas 9,752a TL: las 5,249 DEAF:  las (*)  DMF:  alas  / hélas  TLF:  hélas  OED:  alas int. and n.  MED:  alas int.  DMLBS: ∅

interj.

interj.alas!: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Alasse, mezre, cum oi forte aventure!  S Alexis1 441
( c.1200; MS: c.1300 )  Alas! chetif! ke ai mesfet!  Desiré2 316
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Ha! Las! Trop lunges dure Lur tresgrant mal aventure  Mir N-D 139.53
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1425 )  [...] hostiller, hé, helas, honour, in istis ‘h’ non debet asspirari  Tract Orth 190.7
alas pecchable
pecchable
alas de pité
pité

s.

woe, tribulation, distress: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  de haut chiet hem mut bas, E joie turne tost en allas  S Edw paris ANTS 1396
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Vus conseilez pur bref solace Ke jeo me mette en long allas  boz Three Saints 33.116
alas que
interj.alas that: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Alas ke humme ne l’entent Solum ceo ke a li apent!  Lum Lais ANTS 1137

See also:

a3  las1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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