lai
(in medieval French literature)
a narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets and dealing with tales of adventure and romance.
a lyric poem, often a love poem, having great metrical variety and designed to be sung to a popular melody.
Origin of lai
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How to use lai in a sentence
In short, on this anniversary, I think of all the My Lais that most Americans never knew existed and few are aware of today.
My Lai 45 Years Later—And the Unknown Atrocities of Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan | Nick Turse | March 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was at Lowestoft that 'Lais' first gave 'Varuna' a taste of her quality, as she beat the latter by 13 mins.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.It is therefore, on account of its accessories, here included among the lais.
Tales from the Old French | VariousIn time they are a little later than the lais, for beginning in the twelfth, the thirteenth century is their chief period.
Tales from the Old French | VariousWe know that many of these tales were told as Breton lais, and in this original form they have practically disappeared.
Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Bisclaveret | Marie De France
They were inclined indiscriminately to regard the Arthurian romances as being but a series of connected lais.
Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Bisclaveret | Marie De France
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