laire
Middle French
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editEtymology
editFrom Old French laire.
Verb
editlaire
- to let; to permit; to allow
- to leave alone
Synonyms
editOld French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFirst attested 881 in the Sequence of Saint Eulalia. Probably a variant of laiier, of Frankish origin; cf. also laissier, from Latin laxāre.
Verb
editlaire
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editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
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editReferences
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (laire)