stature1 (1163-70)

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stature1 (1163-70)

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[FEW: 12,247b statura; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,713b stature; TL: 9,1041 stature; DEAF:  stature; DMF:  stature; TLF:  stature; OED:  stature n.; MED:  stature n.; DMLBS: 3187c statura]
 

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1stature, posture, physical height
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 ) Si esteit de real stature E d’ordenee porteure  4337
( c.1213; MS: s.xivin ) Un prudome [...] Ke est de stature petiz Mes de vertuz bien repleniz  81
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim ) esliz serrunt uelment granz, E [...] de l'age de trente anz. De l'age as dampnez ne de lur stature Ne parole ren la sainte escripture  291
( s.xiv1?; MS: s.xivm ) Et pour ceo ne despicez pas homme de petite stature quant tu verras q'il frequente volentiers les estudies de sciences  13.100
( 1380 ) le roi si est ore de bone discrecioun et de bele stature  iii 73.12
2 decor. statue, effigy
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xii4/4 ) Grant gloire m’iert ceste stature, Ki en mun nun serad furmee E de ta maisnie aoree  1330
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