virelay

or vir·e·lai

[ vir-uh-ley ]

/ ˈvɪr əˌleɪ /

noun Prosody.

an old French form of short poem, composed of short lines running on two rhymes and having two opening lines recurring at intervals.

any of various similar or other forms of poem, as one consisting of stanzas made up of longer and shorter lines, the lines of each kind rhyming together in each stanza, and having the rhyme of the shorter lines of one stanza forming the rhyme of the longer lines of the next stanza.

a medieval song form providing a musical setting for a virelay but having a formal structure different from that of the poem.

Origin of virelay

1350–1400; Middle English <Old French virelai, alteration (see lay⁴) of vireli, virli jingle used as the refrain of a song

Words nearby virelay

Vir Chakra, Virchow, Virchow's cell, Virchow's crystals, Virchow's node, virelay, virement, viremia, Viren, vireo, vires

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Example sentences from the Web for virelay

The virelay seems to have been in vogue in earlier English poetry.
A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper
The chevalier was singing a virelay which he accompanied by striking Rolande against the branches, then barren of foliage.
The Barber of Paris|Charles Paul de Kock
A Virelay is a poem in an unusual metre, of which examples are very rare.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
We find, however, two fair examples of the Virelay in the poem of Anelida, viz.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer

This may be called a virelay in the English sense, and is possibly what Chaucer intended by that name.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for virelay

virelay

/ (ˈvɪrɪˌleɪ) /

noun

an old French verse form, rarely used in English, consisting of short lines arranged in stanzas having only two rhymes, and two opening lines recurring at intervals

any of various similar forms

Word Origin for virelay

C14: from Old French virelai, probably from vireli (associated with lai lay 4), meaningless word used as a refrain

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	virelay
释义	virelay or vir·e·lai [ vir-uh-ley ] / ˈvɪr əˌleɪ / noun Prosody. an old French form of short poem, composed of short lines running on two rhymes and having two opening lines recurring at intervals. any of various similar or other forms of poem, as one consisting of stanzas made up of longer and shorter lines, the lines of each kind rhyming together in each stanza, and having the rhyme of the shorter lines of one stanza forming the rhyme of the longer lines of the next stanza. a medieval song form providing a musical setting for a virelay but having a formal structure different from that of the poem. Origin of virelay 1350–1400; Middle English <Old French virelai, alteration (see lay⁴) of vireli, virli jingle used as the refrain of a song Words nearby virelay Vir Chakra, Virchow, Virchow's cell, Virchow's crystals, Virchow's node, virelay, virement, viremia, Viren, vireo, vires Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for virelay The virelay seems to have been in vogue in earlier English poetry. A History of English Versification\|Jakob Schipper The chevalier was singing a virelay which he accompanied by striking Rolande against the branches, then barren of foliage. The Barber of Paris\|Charles Paul de Kock A Virelay is a poem in an unusual metre, of which examples are very rare. Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)\|Geoffrey Chaucer We find, however, two fair examples of the Virelay in the poem of Anelida, viz. Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)\|Geoffrey Chaucer This may be called a virelay in the English sense, and is possibly what Chaucer intended by that name. Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes\|Geoffrey Chaucer British Dictionary definitions for virelay virelay / (ˈvɪrɪˌleɪ) / noun an old French verse form, rarely used in English, consisting of short lines arranged in stanzas having only two rhymes, and two opening lines recurring at intervals any of various similar forms Word Origin for virelay C14: from Old French virelai, probably from vireli (associated with lai lay 4), meaningless word used as a refrain Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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