halegrer (s.xii1)
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halegrer (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 1,56b alacer /24,288b alacer; Gdf: 1,215a alegrer; GdfC: ∅; TL: 4,855 halegrer; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  allégrer; TLF:  allégrer; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
halagrer,  halegrir,  haliegrer  

v.a.

1to exhilarate, stimulate: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  li vins esleezst le quer del hume, a halagrer la face de olie (Latin: ad exhilarandum faciem oleo)  188.CIII.15
♦to cheer: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Si vesquist vostre mere or fust mult halegree  (O) 4925

p.p._as_a.

1sound, unhurt: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii1 )  Lui draguns en deu pars meintenant defendist: Seinne e save e halegree meintenant s'en issist  184
halegre  halegrement  halegreté 
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