Meanings
alternative Sangraal · alternative Sangreal
- archaicpoeticThe Holy Grail.
A sinful man, and unconfessed, / He took the Sangreal’s holy quest, […]
1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto First: To William Stewart Rose, Esq.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, page 171 more example
Ryght so there cam by the holy vessell, the Sankegreall, wyth all maner of swetnesse and savoure – but they cowde nat se redyly who bare the vessell.
1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XI
Origin
- Old Frenchsaint graal
- Middle EnglishSeint Graal
- EnglishSangrail
From Middle English Seint Graal, from Old French saint graal, saint greal (“Holy Grail”).
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