nobleye
English
Etymology
Partly from Anglo-Norman noblei, Old French noblei, nobloi (“splendour, magnificence”); and partly from Anglo-Norman nobleie, nobleye (“nobility”) et al. Compare nobleness, noblesse, nobility.
Noun
nobleye (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Nobleness of state or behaviour; splendour, magnificence. [14th-17th c.]
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
- So thes foure knyghtes had the pryce, and there was grete joy and grete nobelay in all the courte.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X: