lai

[ ley ]

noun
  1. (in medieval French literature)

  2. a narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets and dealing with tales of adventure and romance.

  1. a lyric poem, often a love poem, having great metrical variety and designed to be sung to a popular melody.

Origin of lai

1
1200–50; Middle English <Old French. See lay4

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