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sobresse (c.1272-82)
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sobresse (c.1272-82)

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  FEW:  sobrius 12,10b Gdf:  sobrece 7,434a GdfC: ∅ TL: sobrece 9,695 DEAF:  sobre (sobrece)  DMF:  sobresse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  sobrietas 3107c

s.

moderation, temperance, self-restraint, avoidance of excess: 
( MS: c.1272-82 )  me donez grace de sobresse aver, De apstinence fere  Digby 86 stengel 84
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Franchise, humilité, largesse, Entendement, sen e sobresse  Ross ANTS 1288

[dd]

See also:

sobre  sobrement  sobreté 
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