valiancyn.
/ˈvaljənsi/ 1. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vi. 392 Though Talbot with vain valiancy Yet urged the war, and stemm'd alone the tide Of battle.1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate ii Cincinnatus and the like, who fought not the common enemy with the less valiancy that their arms had been exercised in halding the stilts of the pleugh.1850 T. H. Gill Golden Chain of Praise (1894) cxxxvi. viii Turn our darkness into light; Give us valiancy for fear.1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 164 Would that gay valiancy be with him so long as it was with Henri IV?
a. The quality or attribute of being valiant or courageous; bravery, valiantness, valour.Frequently from c1575 to c1600.
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the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [noun]
earlshipOE
prowessc1325
pruancec1330
valiantisec1330
wightshipc1330
valure?a1350
wightness1377
orpednessa1398
orpedshipc1400
valiantness1470
valiance1475
fierceness1490
priceheadc1540
valiancy1574
valor1586
valencea1604
valeur1646
valorousness1727
1574 J. Jones Briefe Disc. Growing & Liuing Things 32 Feeblenesse of spirit, want of strength, and lacke of valiauncie.
1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 23 More to the effect of our Archers, than to anie extraordinarie valiancie of our Nation.
1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. B4 That which they lost by base Captiuitie, We may redeeme with honored valiansie.
1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. 30 Yet was he not minded to make triall of his peoples valiantcy in fight at this time.
1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iii. v. 45 Those prizes and Crownes they had gained by their Valiancy in war.
b. Const. of (the mind, heart, spirit, etc.).
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1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. Ep. Ded. 3 Her flatteries haue ouercome that valiencie of mans minde.
c1650 Don Bellianis 18 Truly Prince Don Gallaneo you have plainly expressed the valiancy of your mind.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 143 This happy valiancy of style is but the representative and result of all the material excellencies so expressed.
1846 C. G. Prowett tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound 12 Or force of hands, or valiancy of heart.
c. archaic. Used with possessive as an honorific.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun]
yea1225
my Lordc1300
seigniorc1330
squire1382
noblessec1390
lordship1394
grace1423
gentlenessc1425
magnificencec1425
noblenessc1425
greatness1473
worshipc1475
your mightinessa1500
excellency?1533
celsitude1535
altitude1543
Your Honour1551
sublimity1553
excellencea1592
captal1592
gentleperson1597
clemencya1600
gravity1618
grace1625
grandeur1632
eximiousness1648
professorship1656
prince1677
excellenceshipc1716
Graceship1804
seigniorship1823
valiancy1828
your seignorie1829
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 9 His blood..will flow as temperately as your valiancie's, when you stand up in your stirrups to view a field of battle.
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the mind > emotion > courage > valour > deed of valour > [noun] > heroic feat
chivalry1297
bountyc1330
vassalagec1330
feata1400
turnc1400
pointc1440
valiance1470
valiantise1513
valiancy1627
gallantry1652
heroism1740
heroics1873
1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times viii. 138 Acting in the fury wherein hee was..such valiancies, that thereby he did lessen all those which heretofore hee had done.
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