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Etymology
Compare Moore gelle (“egg”)
Pronunciation
/zél.lé/
Noun
zelle (plural zɛla)
- egg
Middle English
Verb
zelle
- (Kent) Alternative form of sellen
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin zelus (“jealousy, zeal”), itself derived from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).
Noun
zelle f (plural zelles)
- zeal
1549, Hugon (Hugo de la Chapelle?), Second livre contenant xxvi. chansons:Amour rempli de pitié, et de zelle,
D’amour mourant toucha la legière aesle.- Love, full of pity and of zeal, dying of love touched the light wing.
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