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haltein

haltein

See also: hält ein

Old French

Adjective

haltein m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular halteine)

(Anglo-Norman) high
(Anglo-Norman) high; exalted; ranked or lauded above others
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 96 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), lines 903-4:
  Issi cum il est reis halteins
  e sur les altres sovereins
  As he is a high and mighty king
  sovereign over all others

Descendants

French: hautain