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▪ I. † vailant, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 vaill-, 5 vayllaunt, vayl-, vailant.
[a. OF. vaill-, vailant, pres. pple. of valoir to be of use, etc.: see vail v.1]
Of avail, advantage, or value; valid.
a1325MS. Rawl. B. 520 fol. 56 b, Þanne nere þat ȝifte noȝt vaillaunt þe wile þat a miȝtte be repeled of þe Eir. Ibid. 61 b, Þulke excepcion is vaillaunt ase to þe writ of possession. 1422Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 125 New Ensamplis that oryson is moch vaylant agaynys the Malice of ennemys. c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. vi. 71 It [sc. love] is vailant þerfore to all þinges.
▪ II. vaila(u)nt
obs. ff. valiant a. |