Vocabulary
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The independent word et.; The letter sequence oi.
oit
you (second-person singular personal pronoun, disjunctive); yourself (reflexive object pronoun of imperative verbs)
Pronoun
oiseau de passage
migratory bird, bird of passage; bird of passage (someone passing through a place and only staying for a short time)
Noun
oignez vilain, il vous poindra
ellipsis of oignez vilain, il vous poindra ; poignez vilain, il vous oindra
Proverb
oignez vilain, il vous poindra ; poignez vilain, il vous oindra
if you behave kindly towards a bad person, they will be mean; conversely, if you behave spitefully, they will be kind to you
Proverb