lai
Medieval lyric form
Lai is a type of medieval French lyric poetry, typically narrative and sung, with irregular stanzas and varied line lengths.
The form flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries, often telling tales of love or adventure.
Marie de France's lais are among the best known.
Also spelled lay.
lineage
Family line of descent
- descendantsThose who come after
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
forebears · ancestors · pedigree · clan · kinship · descent · progenitors · offspring
ancestry
Family line of descent
- descendantsThose who come after
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
dynasty · forebears · ancestors · pedigree · clan · kinship · descent · progenitors · offspring · heirs
chanson
French vocal composition
Chen
Zhou dynasty state
- talestale, funny stories, tall tales, short story, yarns
- vocal musicsong, vocals, soprano, tenor, alto
- Chinese Wordser, san, si, qi, ba
- lyric poemslyric poetry, sonnet, ode, odes, sonnets
- medieval literatureBeowulf, Song of Roland, Canterbury Tales, Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer
- medieval lorefolktale, saga, fable, epic poem, chivalric romance
performance mode
laidrama
Theatrical art or turmoil
mystery play · silent reading · liturgical drama · legal document
- laid offDismissed from employment
- laid outOrganized for display
- laid backRelaxed and unhurried
- best laid plansThorough preparations that fail
- laid to restBuried after death
- laid downPlaced horizontally or established