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halegrer (s.xii1)

halegrer (s.xii1)

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

v.trans.

to 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)  Camb Ps 188.CIII.15
to cheer
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Si vesquist vostre mere or fust mult halegree  Horn (O) 4925

p.p. as a.

sound, unhurt
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii1 )  Lui draguns en deu pars meintenant defendist: Seinne e save e halegree meintenant s'en issist  S Marg Camb 184

[gdw]

See also:

halegre  halegrement  halegreté 
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halegrer