1wisdom, prudence, one of the cardinal virtues:
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: s.xiiex
)
(Evax) Pur lu grand sen, pur la pruece K’il ot e pur sa gran largece Fut cuneuz e mult amez
Lapid 28.9
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Dé quatre vertuz chardinales: prudence
(ms. pruesse) (var. (B: s.xiii2) pruesce) dreiture, temperance
Mirour Egl (A) 40.2
2bravery, prowess, a generic term used to express the idealized positive characteristics of an individual, frequently a knight:
(
MS: s.xii2/4
)
vostre proecce [...] mar la veimes
Roland 1731
(
c.1165;
MS: s.xiii2
)
si est de l’orguillus hume, que quide bien en sun penser ke nul ne li deive cuntreester tant par s’afie en sa pruesce qu’il me[i]mes se hurte e blesce
MARIE Fables 75.15
(
1150-70;
MS: s.xii4/4
)
ma proeise e ma franchise Turnera a recreantise
Trist thomas2 580
(
1216-25;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Icel Edmund fut appelé Irensyde pur sa grant prowesse
Reis Britt2 22
♦
noble, worthy deed:
(
MS: s.xivin
)
Issy commencent lé pruessezs Guy, Bon chulvaler
Gui Pruesses 1
3valour, good quality:
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: s.xiiex
)
Dionises
(=a stone) [...] a tel pruece K’ele defent ume d’ivrece
Lapid 67.925
pruesce (s.xii1/3)