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- noun Plural form of
lai .
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Examples
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One of her lais is the Arthurian legend of Lanval.
Carlisle Page for the Annotated "Terrapin Station" Dave Kopel 2003
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Besides the Chansons de Geste pertaining to various phases of this theme, the Breton cycle includes many shorter works termed lais, which also treat of love, and were composed by Marie de France or her successors.
The Book of the Epic 1894
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These wreaths, called lais (pronounced lays), sometimes reach below the waist.
Poems of Experience Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1887
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A French original is presumed; indeed, there are references in early "lais" to a "Lai d'Orphey," indicating the existence of a poem which was probably the original of our
The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
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The translator, Thomas Chestre, has, however, taken incidents from other "lais" by Marie de France, and enlarged the whole until it is some three hundred lines longer than the French original.
The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
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From the story of Tristan and the 'lais' of Mary of France, down to the _Vita Nuova_ of Dante, that with which it is occupied is the human heart, its hopes and fears, its joys and sorrows, its exultation and despair.
The Unity of Civilization Various
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Her lais on her bak nd wants teh belleh rubs nd gibs me goggy shmoos nd wants to sit in mai lap!
Can you direct me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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As you know Bob, bird-as-messenger is used in the second branch of the Mabinogi, and in Marie De France's lais, among other places.
Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010
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August 31, 2009 at 2:39 pm iz jest insenze yew shud goe bak ann reed da lais phew lols – kan skipp da cawntest wun doe
Sometimes the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Red – u kin dew dis – whairs de swoonin cowch – wee gawts to git nc66 tu de cowch….hurreee…he be gittin heabier de lawnger hee jes lais der on de flor….won, tu, free…lift!
Dude, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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