hayre
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Fula
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly cognate with Wolof xeer (“stone”).
Noun
[edit]References
[edit]- Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1998) Dictionnaire peul de l'agriculture et de la nature (Diamaré, Cameroun), suivi d'un index français-fulfulde[1] (in French), Paris: Karthala, →ISBN, retrieved 24 April 2023
- Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]hayre
- Alternative form of hare (“hare”)
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV:
- Thenne vpon the morne whanne the good man had songe his masse / thenne they buryed the dede man / Thenne syr launcelot sayd / fader what shalle I do / Now sayd the good man / I requyre yow take this hayre that was this holy mans and putte it nexte thy skynne / and it shalle preuaylle the gretely
- Then in the morning when the priest had sung mass / then they buried the dead man/ then Sir Lancelot said/ Father what shall I do / Now said the priest / I require you to take this hair that was this saint's and put it on your scalp / and it shall serve you greatly
- (Can we date this quote by Prior and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- I requyre you take thys hayre that was thys holy mannes and put hit nexte thy skynne, and hit shall prevayle the gretly.