bailler

Inherited from Middle French bailler, from Old French bailler, baillier, from Latin bajulāre, baiulāre, present active infinitive of baiulō.

• IPA^(key): /ba.je/

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• Homophones: baillai, baillé, baillée, baillées, baillés, baillez (general), bâillai, bâillé, bâillée, bâillées, bâiller, bâillés, bâillez (some speakers)

bailler

1. (obsolete) to give
2. to lend
3. to rent, lease

• bailli

• “bailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French baillier.

bailler

1. to bail (someone into someone else's custody)
2. (by extension) to entrust (something to someone)
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac:

     quant il les eut faictes si les scella & les bailla a la damoiselle pour porter l'andemain a court

     when he had written them [the letters] he then sealed them and entrusted them to the lady to take them tomorrow to the court

• French: bailler

see baailler.

bailler

1. Alternative form of baailler (“to yawn”)

• Same conjugation for both etymologies.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• bailler on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

bailler

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of baillier

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-aill, *-aills, *-aillt are modified to ail, auz, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.