1humbly, meekly:
(
MS: s.xiii1
)
mitius: (R) debonerement
248
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: 1307-15
)
ke vus vus confessez homblement e deboneirement
89.16
(
1354;
MS: c.1360
)
come il
(=J.C.) nasquist debonairement; et [...] come vesquyt symplement
35
♦
kindly, graciously:
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: c.1300
)
Il vint al roi Hermine sa file demaundaunt, Hermine li graunta mult deboneirement
(B) 996
(
c.1259;
MS: c.1259
) l’arbre of tut sun fruit s’enclina e se abessa cum si ele debonairement sun fruit li tendist e dunast
139
(
1338
)
nostre sire le roi lour deveroit faire [...] debonairement et amiablement solonc le fait droit et lay
ii 118.23
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