Middle English Dictionary Entry
lavei adj.
Entry Info
Forms | lavei adj. Also lavi, (error) lany. |
Etymology | ?Celt.; cp. OIr. labar 'talkative, boastful' & Sc.Gael. labhar 'loud, noisy'. Also cp. OF lavis 'idle talk, chatter'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Noisy; ?unruly.
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)61 : Oþer maner houndes þer byn which openeþ a [read: and] jengeleþ whan þei be vncouplid and..whan þei byn in her fues, þei questey to moche..Whan þei ben yong and bene not chastised þerof, þey shul euyr more be lavey [Dgb: lany] and wilde [F ilz seront touzjours jangleurs].