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temprance (s.xii1)

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

temprance (s.xii1)

temperance,  temperaunce,  tempraunce  
  FEW:  temporare 13/i,175a Gdf: GdfC:  temperance 10,748b TL: temperance 10,165 / temprance 10,175 DEAF:  temprer (temperance)  DMF:  tempérance  TLF:  temérence  OED:  temperance n.  MED:  temperaunce n.  DMLBS:  temperantia 3386a

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1temperance, moderation
( 1256; MS: c.1300 ) La june en augst estre deit, Ke la malancolie seit En nus de bone temperance  RAUF ANTS 1023
temperance, self-restraint, moderation (as one of the cardinal virtues)
( c.1184; MS: s.xiiiex ) cil (=Becket) ke out en sei temprance E grant lealté  S Thom beneit1 1244
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 ) Deu [...] Qui par vertu e poissance Meis cuncorde e temperance  S Geo 1406
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim ) Dé quatre vertuz chardinales: prudence, dreiture, temperance e force  Mirour Egl (A) 2.25
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Pur ceo covient temperance aver Ki veut largesce purchacer, Kar trop e folement duner Fet a eschivre e reprover  Secr abernun 319
( s.xiv1/3; MS: c.1330 ) une vertu ke est apelé temperaunce  Allegory Monastic 6
2meteo.mildness of climate, moderate temperature
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex ) la temprance (var. (H: c.1335) l'atemprance ) de l'eir e les gotez de la pluie  Legendary 60.225
( c.1307-10; MS: s.xiv1 ) ele (=England) est assise entre le north et le west, dount ele resseyt sa tempraunce, c’est a saver del west chalour et del north freydour  Vernac Lit 190.62
3humility, modesty
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 ) Kar ne despist pas ne ne revilad la temprance del povre (Latin: modestiam pauperis)  Camb Ps 34.XXI.25
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim ) encontre prosperité devez aver mesure, ke vus ne seez pas trop eslevee; e cele vertu est apelé temperance  Mirour Egl (A) 42.20
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) ly prudent Ad temperance en son savoir  GOWER Mirour 15280
4music(act of) tuning, adjusting the pitch of a musical instrument to produce a harmonious sound
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 ) la corde (=of the harp) est tendue par temperaunce  Apoc giffard 1056

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See also:

atemprance  destemprance  temprat  tempreement  temprer  temprur  temprure 
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