Middle English Dictionary Entry
grāl n.
Entry Info
| Forms | grāl n. Also greal, graile. |
| Etymology | OF gräal, grëal. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2222 : Þe table no miȝt fulfille, Til he wer born þat schuld do al Fulfille þe meruails of þe greal.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)17.171 : For the Secretis of Seint Graal, That Somme men it Clepin sanc Ryal, There may non dedlych Man there Se.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)53.284 : And Into this lond Of his Entrynge, Alle the poyntes of seint graal scholen hauen Endynge.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1003/26 : As sone as ye three com..to enchyeve the Holy Grayle, ye shall fynde me.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)59 : The peple..cleped this vessell that thei hadden in so grete grace, the Graal.