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‖ sirvente|sirvɑ̃t|
Also syrvente, sirvent.
[a. F. sirvente or ad. Prov. sirventes, serventes (cf. OF. serventeis, -ois, It. serventese, Sp. serventesio), app. f. servir to serve, but the connexion is not quite clear. The French and English form has arisen by taking sirventes as a pl.]
A form of poem or lay, usu. satirical, employed by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.
1819Scott Ivanhoe xvii, The knight..asked his host whether he would choose a sirvente in the language of oc, or a lai in the language of oui. 1840Browning Sordello ii. 516 To get A notion of the Troubadour's intent In rondel, tenzon, virlai or sirvent. 1878Stubbs Study Med. & Mod. Hist. vi. (1900) 141 Some few sirventes or satiric lays that entitle Richard [I] to the name of a trouvere. |