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pruesce (s.xii1/3)
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pruesce (s.xii1/3)

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preuesce;  proecce,  proeise,  proesce,  proesse;  proueise,  prouesce,  prouesse,  prouwesce;  prowesce,  prowesse;  pruece,  prueise,  prueisse,  pruese,  pruesse,  pruez  (prwesce  BOZ Cont 170 ),
(pl. pruessezs)  
  FEW:  prode 9,419a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  proesce 10,425b TL: pröece 7,1946 DEAF:  pro (proëce)  DMF:  prouesse  TLF:  prouesse  OED:  prowess n.  MED:  proues(se n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

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: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  [...] Ai jeo de Roul lunges cunté [...] E des proesces que il i fist  Rom de Rou wace i 168.189
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Car d'eles (=women) venent les pruesces  Courtoisie 412.103
( 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

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See also:

pru  prudeber  prudefemme  prudom  prudommie  pruusement 
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