chanson de gesten.

Brit.

/ˌʃɒ̃sɒ̃ də ˈʒɛst/,

/ˌʃɒnsɒ̃ də ˈʒɛst/,

/ˌʃɒnsɒn də ˈʒɛst/, U.S.

/ʃɑnˌsɔn də ˈʒɛst/,

/ʃɑnˌsɑn də ˈʒɛst/

Inflections: Plural chansons de geste.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chanson de geste.

Etymology: < French chanson de geste (1779 or earlier) < chanson chanson n. + de de prep. + geste gest n.¹Compare German Chanson de geste (1832 or earlier; < French). In plural form chansons de geste after the French plural form.

A medieval French epic poem, having a distinctive verse form and typically a historical subject; such poems as a genre.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > other types of epic poem

Argonautic1583

Heracleid1725

Christiad1750

Diaboliad1777

Byroniad1819

chanson de geste1833

roman de geste1836

bylina1886

1833 H. W. Longfellow Outre-Mer i. 134 These chansons de geste, or old historic romances of France, are epic in their character.

1872 A. Lang in Fraser's Mag. June 668/1 The form of the epic, whether we take the hexameter or the rougher laisse of the French chansons de geste, is full of conscious and admirable art.

1905 E. Rickert in Mod. Philol. 2 376 The fresh literary impulse that came with the Normans found little to do with the old Saxon heroes. A few tales were transformed into the lai or chanson de geste.

1951 R. Aldington Let. 21 July (2003) 339 There is a whole cycle of chansons de geste about Guilhem, including Le Moniage Guilhem which relates his founding of the monastery.

2011 P. Gaffney Constr. Childhood & Youth in Old French Narr. iv. 105 The concern not only to tell the marvel, but also to elucidate its significance for a contemporary courtly setting, distinguishes the genre [sc. romance] from the chanson de geste.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chanson de geste
释义	chanson de gesten. Brit. /ˌʃɒ̃sɒ̃ də ˈʒɛst/, /ˌʃɒnsɒ̃ də ˈʒɛst/, /ˌʃɒnsɒn də ˈʒɛst/, U.S. /ʃɑnˌsɔn də ˈʒɛst/, /ʃɑnˌsɑn də ˈʒɛst/ Inflections: Plural chansons de geste. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chanson de geste. Etymology: < French chanson de geste (1779 or earlier) < chanson chanson n. + de de prep. + geste gest n.¹Compare German Chanson de geste (1832 or earlier; < French). In plural form chansons de geste after the French plural form. A medieval French epic poem, having a distinctive verse form and typically a historical subject; such poems as a genre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > other types of epic poem Argonautic1583 Heracleid1725 Christiad1750 Diaboliad1777 Byroniad1819 chanson de geste1833 roman de geste1836 bylina1886 1833 H. W. Longfellow Outre-Mer i. 134 These chansons de geste, or old historic romances of France, are epic in their character. 1872 A. Lang in Fraser's Mag. June 668/1 The form of the epic, whether we take the hexameter or the rougher laisse of the French chansons de geste, is full of conscious and admirable art. 1905 E. Rickert in Mod. Philol. 2 376 The fresh literary impulse that came with the Normans found little to do with the old Saxon heroes. A few tales were transformed into the lai or chanson de geste. 1951 R. Aldington Let. 21 July (2003) 339 There is a whole cycle of chansons de geste about Guilhem, including Le Moniage Guilhem which relates his founding of the monastery. 2011 P. Gaffney Constr. Childhood & Youth in Old French Narr. iv. 105 The concern not only to tell the marvel, but also to elucidate its significance for a contemporary courtly setting, distinguishes the genre [sc. romance] from the chanson de geste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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