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noblenesse (1327-40)
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noblenesse (1327-40)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  nobleness n.  MED:  noblenes(se n.  DMLBS: ∅

The word is not found in any of the French dictionaries and is rare in Anglo-Norman. The -ness suffix is Germanic, which suggests that the form may be a borrowing from M.E.

For the French cognate forms, see noblesce (noble + -esse), nobleté (noble + -té) and noblei.

s.

statusnobility of birth, noble descent: 
( MS: 1327-40 )  l'estile (=title) de greindre noblenesse  Briefschreibekunst 24.33
vostre noblenesse
title(as a title) Your (etc.) Highness, Excellency: 
( MS: s.xv1 )  que plaise a vostre tresexcellent noblenesse [...] faire vostre tresgraciouse mediacione  SAMPS2 (A) 96

[gdw]

See also:

nobilitacion  nobiliter  noble  noblei  nobleier  noblement  noblesce  nobleté 
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noblenesse