prevaler (1489)
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prevaler (1489)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: 9,324a praevalere; Gdf: 6,401b prevaloir; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  valoir (*); DMF:  prévaloir; TLF:  prévaloir; OED:  prevail v.; MED:  prevailen v.; DMLBS: 2439b praevalere ]
 

The rarity of this verb in Anglo-Norman, while common in Continental French and attested in English from the late fourteenth century, is unexpected.

v.n.

1lawto prevail, have greater authority: 
( 1489 )  l’eire n’avera title ne so claym duraunt e vie son piere ne purra prevaler  i 203.34
valer#2 
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