gresle

Old French

Etymology 1

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Noun

gresle oblique singular, f (oblique plural gresles, nominative singular gresle, nominative plural gresles)

1. hail (several hailstones)

Descendants

• French: grêle
• Norman: grile (Jersey)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gresle, supplement)

Etymology 2

Noun

gresle oblique singular, m (oblique plural gresles, nominative singular gresles, nominative plural gresle)

1. Alternative form of graisle