mallo (1160-74)

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mallo (1160-74)

  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
mallou,  maslou  

interj.

1 exclam.mil. Breton warcry
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin ) Normant escrient 'Deus aie!' L’enseigne al duc de Normendie, E Bretun 'Maslou, Maslou' crient  i 260.2681
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) Lur enseigne escrient cele gent sarazine, E li nostre la lur: ‘Mallou la bretunine!'  1659
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  Neel de Nantes vient tut afeltrez: 'Mallo, escrie, francs chevalers, fierez!'  1673
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim ) hardi Breton [...] Puis s’escrie: 'Mallou (var. (S: c.1400) Maslou )!', l’enseigne saint Symon  2260
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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