abeïe
Old French
Noun
abeïe f (oblique plural abeïes, nominative singular abeïe, nominative plural abeïes)
- Alternative form of abaie
- circa 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
- Le leu u il aler deient:
Abeïe bele e bone- The place to which they must go
has a fine, beautiful abbey
- The place to which they must go
- 12th or 13th Century, author unknown, Du Segretain Moine:
- Quant li moigne de l'abeïe,
orent chanté et dit complie,
El dortor s'alerent couchier.- When the monks of the abbey,
Had sung and said their prayers,
They went to sleep in theirs chambers.
- When the monks of the abbey,
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Usage notes
- Diaereses are used by some, but not all scholars, to show that two or more vowels do not constitute a diphthong or triphthong. See Appendix:Old French spellings for more information.
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