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deboneire (s.xii1/3)
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deboneire (s.xii1/3)

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deboneir,  deboner,  debonere,  deboniere;  debonair,  debonaire,  debonnaire;  debuneire  (deboneiree,  desbonere,  desbonaire  Sz Med1 3,  debonoire  Ancren1 215.26)  
  FEW:  ager 25,1320b / area 1,134a Gdf:  debonier 2,436a GdfC:  debonaire 9,277b TL: debonaire 2,1237 DEAF:  debonaire  DMF:  débonnaire  TLF:  débonnaire  OED:  debonair, debonnaire adj., n.  / debonary a.  MED:  debonaire a., n.  / debonarie a.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1meek, mild, humble: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  El palaeis out une pucele, Gunnor out nun [...]; Debonaire iert e amiable, Large forment e honurable  Rom de Rou wace i 170.241
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Seez deboneir et curteise, Et ke tu saches bien parler fraunceys  Courtoisie 399.17
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  ombles e deboneires  Ancren2 257.15
( c.1295-98 )  qe il soit humbles e deboneres  Westm Wenlok 245
♦kind, gentle: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Rou fu moult debonnaire, de Regnier out pitié  Rom de Rou wace i 28.386
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  [...] q’il (=the shepherd) seit deboneyre a eus (=the sheep)  HENLEY2 336
( 1304-05 )  lui voillez estre si gracious e si deboneres com vous purrez  Lett EPW1 64
♦easy, light: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  alcun religiun requerez sanz repentir Ke vus ert deboneire et leger a suffrir  Mir N-D 20.36
2blessed: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  veoir le tresprecious sank [...] raier [...] hors de celuy costee debonaire (var. (C: s.xivex) tresbenuré) (=of J.C.)  Sz Med1 143
♦noble, high-born: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Cist Margan fu mult de bon aire  Brut WACE 3615
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  li gentils de bon aire  FANT OUP 22
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Por ceo que fu debonaire (=prisoner) Nel voloit justise desfaire  S Laur ANTS 281
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Iceo (=keep to one man) deit dame fere Si ele est deboneire  Cor Lai 538
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Chescons de vus, seignurs, seit servisable Vers tutes genz de bon aires et estables  Anc Test (B) 16693
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Franche dame & deboneiree (:agree)  Mir N-D 70.100
3handsome, elegant: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  chelonite (=a stone) [...] Mult est e bele e de bon aire. Si est tote porprine e vaire  Lapid 59.745
( 1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  covenable a sa mesun e debonaire  S Thom beneit1 252
4flattering: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  blandientis: (L) debonere (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) blandisant)  TLL ii 77.160

s.

1humble person: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  cum suplicibus: of deboners  TLL ii 101.70
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Benurez sunt les deboneyres enver lur prome  Mirour Egl 26.6
( MS: s.xiii )  cum supplicibus: debuneyres  TLL ii 93.70
2livestockbeneficial, tame animal: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Les desboneres sunt criez pur homme pur troy resuns: [...]; Les nusantes creatures [...]  Mirour Egl 18.36

See also:

aire2  boneire  nundeboneire  tresdeboneire 
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