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English
Proper noun
Alis
- plural of Ali
Anagrams
- SAIL, Lasi, LISA, Lias, lias, sial, Isla, sail, Lais, ails, SiAl, LIAs, lais, Ilsa, Lisa
Middle English
Proper noun
Alis
- Alice
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
That Iankin clerk, and my gossib dame Alis, / And I my-self, in-to the feldes wente.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Welsh
Etymology
From Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheidis, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alis f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alice
Derived terms
Mutation
References
Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 13