Citations:seignur

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Old French citations of seignur

Noun[edit]

  • 12th century, Marie de France, Le Lai de Guigemar, page 1:
    Oëz seignur, que dit Marie
    ki un sun tens ne s'oblie
    Listen sires to the tales of Marie
    Who will not be forgotten in her time
  • c. 1200, Thomas of Britain, Tristan:
    Ele n'ose pur sun seignur:
    Tuit en oüst ele voleir.
    A quei, qant ne le pot aveir?
    Aimt sun seignur, a lui se tienge!
    She worried about her husband
    She wanted to be with him.
    What could she do when she could not have him?
    She loved her husband, she wanted to be with him!