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Middle English
Noun
mervaille
- Alternative form of merveile
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 502-503:
Fyve thousand folk it was as gret mervaille
With loves fyve and fisshes two to fede.- It was as great marvel five thousand folk
To feed with five loaves and two fish.
Adjective
mervaille
- Alternative form of merveile
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