mervaille
Middle English
Noun
mervaille
- Alternative form of merveile
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 502-503:
- Fyve thousand folk it was as gret mervaille
With loves fyve and fisshes two to fede.- It was as great marvel five thousand folk
To feed with five loaves and two fish.
- It was as great marvel five thousand folk
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 502-503:
References
- “mervaille”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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