Bransle

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of branle. alt-of, obsolete

    "Now making layes of loue and louers paine, / Bransles, Ballads, virelayes, and verses vaine […]"

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"Now making layes of loue and louers paine, / Bransles, Ballads, virelayes, and verses vaine […]"

Etymology

From Middle French bransle, variant form of branle.

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