temprance (s.xii1)

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temprance (s.xii1)

[gdw]

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

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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  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  1244
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 ) Deu [...] Qui par vertu e poissance Meis cuncorde e temperance  1406
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim ) Dé quatre vertuz chardinales: prudence, dreiture, temperance e force  (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  319
( s.xiv1/3; MS: c.1330 ) une vertu ke est apelé temperaunce  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  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  190.62
3humility, modesty
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 ) Kar ne despist pas ne ne revilad la temprance del povre (Latin: modestiam pauperis)  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  (A) 42.20
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) ly prudent Ad temperance en son savoir  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  1056
atemprance  destemprance  temprat  tempreement  temprer  temprur  temprure 
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