"mountance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Middle English]

Etymology: Old French montance. Etymology templates: {{der|enm|fro|montance}} Old French montance Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} mountance
  1. amount; quantity; extent
    Sense id: en-mountance-enm-noun-FNG8RfkD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville",
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          "english": "… For all thy watching, thou hast been tricked\nBy one of little reputation,\nNot worth, compared to thee,\nThe value of a gnat; as I may thrive!\nFor on thy bed I saw him copulate with thy wife.",
          "ref": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 252-256",
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          "text": "[...] ‘For al thy waiting, blered is thyn yë\nWith oon of litel reputacioun,\nNoght worth to thee, as in comparisoun,\nThe mountance of a gnat; so mote I thryve!",
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