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nice1 (1212)

The form nis2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

nice1 (1212)

nis,  nise,  nyce  (niche  GOWER Mirour 7673)  
  FEW:  nescius 5,494a Gdf:  nice 5,494a GdfC: TL: nice 6,661 DEAF: DMF:  nice  TLF: OED:  nice n.  / nice a. and adv.  MED:  nice n.  / nice a.  DMLBS:  nescius 1909c

a.

foolish, ignorant
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Mais qui sereit tant fous ne nice Ne forsené [...]  Dial Greg SATF 18786
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Sy entrast al hure un nise esquier  BOZ Char 267
( MS: s.xivm )  ceus que furent avant si rud[e] et si nice q’il ne savoient nule manere de lettrure devindrent si sages qu’il saveient respoundre a totes les choses que home lur voleit demaunder et parler tote manere [de] languages q’il ne aveient umkes apris  A-N Piety 60
( 1406; MS: s.xv1 )  et faites raison chief de vostre conseil, et vostre chief governour en oustant tels nices dolours de vostre cuer  Lett & Pet 111.62.51
simple, unsophisticated
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  Et, ne soit l'enoevre (=the book) ja si nyce [...] jeo espoir [...] qe ascun myel il (=the reader) trera  Sz Med1 241
estre nice de
to be innocent, free of
( MS: s.xiii1 )  De la lengue tolt les vices: Del mal parler sunt tutens nices  Lapid 163.186

s.

foolish person
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  les foux et nices e losengers  BOZ Cont 78
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  C’estoit Temptacioun la nyce, Q’as tous plesoit de son service  GOWER Mirour 979
( 1396; MS: s.xivex )  Ils (=wines) font eslargir les chiechies Tel fois que pour nices Aprés s’entendront  Man lang ANTS 37.26

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See also:

nescient  nicement  niceté 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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