גֿאנט

Old French

Noun

גֿאנט (ǧʔnṭ /jant/) (Judeo-French)

  1. alternative form of gent
    • 13th century, anonymous author, Elegy of Troyes, line 9; 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:
      דלטרימלא פֿלונא גֿאנט . שופֿרוש שיטא דולור
      dlṭrymlʔ p̄lwnʔ ǧʔnṭ . šwp̄rwš šyṭʔ dwlwr
      /De la tré male felone jant sofro[n]s sete dolor/
      At the hands of the very evil people we suffer this pain
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