chierte
See also: chierté
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French cherté. Compare charite.
Noun
chierte (uncountable)
- tender regard, affection
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 395-396:
- Yet tikled it his herte, for that he
Wende that I hadde of him so greet chiertee.- Yet it tickled his heart, for he
Believed that I had of him so great affection.
- Yet it tickled his heart, for he
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum Octauum”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XIII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 311, recto; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 621:
- Whanne the Quene ladyes & 20 gentilwymmen wyſt theſe tydynges / they had ſuche ſorowe & heuyneſſe that ther myght no tonge telle hit / for tho knyghtes had hold them in honour and chyerte
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- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 395-396:
References
- “chiertẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “chierte”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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