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Song with repeated strains
Answer for the clue "Song with repeated strains ", 9 letters:
roundelay
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Word definitions for roundelay in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context music English) A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals. 2 A dance in a circle. 3 Anything having a round form; a roundel.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from Middle French rondelet , diminutive of rondel "short poem with a refrain," literally "small circle," diminutive of Old French rond "circle, sphere," originally an adjective from roont (see round (adj.)). Spelling developed by association with ...
Usage examples of roundelay.
Robin: The merry merle on leafy spray, The lark on fluttering wing Do pipe a joyous roundelay, To greet the blithesome spring.
Come on, let's get out of this awful place, and try to think of some way to make Roundelay get the Circlet for us.