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refaillir (c.1185)

refaillir (c.1185)

 
  FEW:  fallere 3,388a Gdf:  refaillir 6,711b GdfC: TL: refalir 8,552 DEAF:  falir (refalir)  DMF:  refaillir  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.intrans.

refaillir a
to be lacking to, absent from (in turn)
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 )  Li reis [...] Sa teste covre de l’escu. Ben fert Protheselaus En cel escu el chef desus; Par merveillus air feri, Desqu’a la bucle le fendi [...]. Dunc parla Protheselaus parla E ad dit [...]: ‘Or vus refalt la coverture, La meie, merci Deu, me dure’  Proth ANTS 5619

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See also:

faillir 
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