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gai2 (s.xiim)
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gai2 (s.xiim)

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gay;  jai,  jay  (geay  Fr Voc 94.302)  
  FEW:  gajus 4,21b Gdf:  gai 1 4,202c GdfC:  geai 9,690b TL: jai 2 4,1539 DEAF:  jai 1 J39 DMF:  geai  TLF:  geai  OED:  jay n.  MED:  jai n.  DMLBS: ∅

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orn.zool.jay: 
( MS: s.xiim )  berna: avis, gai  TLL i 20
( c.1180; MS: s.xiii2 ) Un escufle jut en sun lit [...]. Un jai ot sun ni pres de lui  MARIE Fables 320.86.3
( MS: s.xiii2 )  graculus: (A) gay (var. (D: s.xiii2) gallice gay)  TLL ii 17.1713
( 1305-7; MS: 1330-40 )  En le bois de Belregard, ou vole le jay  Pol Songs 69.19
( MS: s.xiv1 )  graculus: un jai (M.E. a jai)  Westm Glosses 15

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