1kind, gracious:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
) Exoi mei, Sire, kar benigne est ta misericorde
81.68.20
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
Si sunt li juste ome benin
6292
(
1214;
MS: 1214-16
)
Bien sai qe tant es
(=God) beningnes E veirs
1850
(
1397
)
je supplie [...] q’il de sa beninge grace [...]
i 234
(
1390-1412;
MS: s.xv1
)
et sur ce de vostre benigne grace [...] comander que [...]
5.27
♦
kindly, gentle:
(
1165-80?;
MS: s.xiiiin
)
(The bishop) Dist a Theofle od voiz benigne Que de l’evesquié esteit digne
169.119
♦
pleasant:
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Et dist ke il n’erent mie digne De manoier en cel liu benigne
3667
♦
smooth, untroubled (sea-crossing, etc.):
(
1399;
MS: s.xv1
)
n’y est en vie nullui que sciet souvenir passage si benigne
346
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