Middle English Dictionary Entry
galein n.
Entry Info
Forms | galein n. |
Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A double handful.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)20-1 : And bothe þyse handes fulle In frensh men clepeþ galeynes..þenne beth a hundred galeynes Of gossomer al fulle.