מרי

Old French

Noun

מרי (mry /mari/) m (Judeo-French)

  1. alternative form of mari (husband)
    • 13th century, anonymous author, Elegy of Troyes, line 17; republished in Kirsten A. Fudeman, editor, Restoring a Vernacular Jewish Voice: The Old French Elegy of Troyes[1], 2008, published in Jewish Studies Quarterly, volume 15, pp. 190—221:
      לאפרואדא פֿאנמא קנט אילא װאיט. ארדיר שון מרי.
      lʔprwʔdʔ p̄ʔnmʔ qnṭ ʔylʔ wwʔyṭ. ʔrdyr šwn mry.
      /La pruede fanme quant ele vit ardir son mari/
      When the good wife saw her husband burn