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charité (s.xii1/3)

charité (s.xii1/3)

carité,  caritet;  charitee,  charitet;  cherité;  karité,  karitet  (charrté,  charté  S Eust anon 2255)  
  FEW:  caritas 2/i,376a Gdf:  charité 2,73c GdfC:  charité 9,50b TL: charité 2,266 DEAF:  charité  DMF:  charité  TLF:  charité  OED:  charity n.  MED:  charite n.  DMLBS:  caritas 282c

s.

1theol.charity, Christian love
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  (through the power of a stone, man and wife) Fey garderunt, humilité, E parmeindrunt en charité  Lapid 267.71
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  en veraie karitet Ait hom amor en Dampnedé  Salemon 4333
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  fei e esperance e cherité  Secr abernun 2324
( c.1285; MS: c.1297 )  par charité, c’est par seinte amur de son prome  Jerarchie 77
act of charity
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Oiez […] De la dame grant charité  Mir N-D 173.60
2 charitable gift, offer
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Puiz li proia assez que un petit menjast, Preist la charité, un petit se disnast  Rom de Rou wace i 73.1745
finan.tip, gratuity
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  La charité lui enveia, et le munestral receu l’a  Man pechez 4375
3burden, need for charity
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Jete sur le seignur ta charitet (Latin: charitatem)  Camb Ps 95.LIV.24
4 name (used as a surname)
( 1148-54 )  Herluin Caritet  Family Names Charity
( 1203 )  John de la Charité  Family Names Charity
( 1216-72 )  Richard Karité  Family Names Charity
( 1379 )  Thomas Charité  Family Names Charity
pur Deu u et en opere de charité
opere
(pur Deu et) (en) ovre de charité
ovre1
pur Deu et en ovree de charité
ovree1
ovraigne de charité
ovraigne
set ovres de charité
ovre1

See also:

charitable  charitablement  charitage  cherté 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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