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Old French verse form
Answer for the clue "Old French verse form ", 7 letters:
virelay
Word definitions for virelay in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Virelay \Vir"e*lay\, n. [F. virelai; virer to turn + lai a song, a lay.] An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain. Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains, roundels, virelayes. --Chaucer. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of virelai English)
Usage examples of virelay.
And many a hymne for your holydays, That highte ballads, roundels, virelays.