vigile (1113-19)

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vigile (1113-19)

vigilie,  vigille;  vegile, 
pl. vigiliis  

s.

1eccl.vigil
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Treis jors firent jeunesons, Vegiles et affliciuns  935
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En vigile et en salmodie Menoit iceo prudom sa vie  1555
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  (at the death of St Francis) Les freres cele nut veyllerent [...] . Meuz sembla veylle aungelyne Ke vigyle ou pleynte de muryne  46rb
2eve of holy day, festival
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Hume ne deit duter Ne jur entreposer Entre icel saint jur E la vigile jur  2224

s.

sg._and_pl.
3Vigils (of Office of the Dead)
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  autretaunt de messes chaunter e autretaunt de vigiliis  1445
( c.1300 )  taunt com le servise del mort durra, C'estz asavoir la vigille et la messe  i 28
4watch, guard
( 1403-04 )  qe vigiles a fairs (l. faire) sur le cost de meer [...] soient faitz par noumbre de gentz  iii 539
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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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