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"english": "And so it came to pass that after the third course\n While this king sat in grandeur\n Hearing his mistrals play their instruments\n at the dinner table luxuriously",
"ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Squiers Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 129, verso, lines 76–79:",
"text": "And so bifel þᵗ after the thridde cours\n Whil þᵗ this kyng sit thus in his nobleye\n Herknynge his mynstrals hir thynges pleye\n Biforn hym at the bord deliciously",
"translation": "And so it came to pass that after the third course\n While this king sat in grandeur\n Hearing his mistrals play their instruments\n at the dinner table luxuriously",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Magnificence, dominion, power:",
"Splendour, grandeur; magnificent luxury."
],
"links": [
[
"Magnificence",
"magnificence"
],
[
"dominion",
"dominion"
],
[
"power",
"power"
],
[
"Splendour",
"splendour"
],
[
"grandeur",
"grandeur"
],
[
"magnificent",
"magnificent"
],
[
"luxury",
"luxury"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Worthiness, greatness; the state of being excellent:",
"Nobleness, highmindedness; exemplary conduct."
],
"links": [
[
"Worthiness",
"worthiness"
],
[
"greatness",
"greatness"
],
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"excellent",
"excellent"
],
[
"Nobleness",
"nobleness"
],
[
"highmindedness",
"highmindedness"
],
[
"exemplary",
"exemplary"
],
[
"conduct",
"conduct"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Worthiness, greatness; the state of being excellent:",
"Bravery, courage, valour."
],
"links": [
[
"Worthiness",
"worthiness"
],
[
"greatness",
"greatness"
],
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"excellent",
"excellent"
],
[
"Bravery",
"bravery"
],
[
"courage",
"courage"
],
[
"valour",
"valour"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌnɔːbˈlæi̯(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɔːblæi̯(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌnɔːbˈleː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɔːbleː/",
"note": "from noblee"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Anglo-Norman"
],
"word": "nobleye"
}
Download raw JSONL data for nobleye meaning in Middle English (7.4kB)
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"called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
"msg": "''Nobility (noble birth or rank)'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"nobleye"
],
"section": "Middle English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "nobleye",
"trace": ""
}
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