valourvalorn.

Brit.

/ˈvalə/, U.S.

/ˈvælər/

Forms: Middle English– valour (Middle English–1500s Scottish wa-), Middle English valowr, Middle English–1500s valoure (Middle English Scottish wa-, Middle English–1500s vo-), 1500s vallour (Scottish wa-), Middle English vallouer, 1500s valouer.

Etymology: < Old French valour (valur ; later and modern French valeur valeur n.), = Spanish valor , Portuguese valor , Italian valore < late Latin valōr- , valor valor n., < valēre to be strong, etc. See also valure n.

†a. Worth or importance due to personal qualities or to rank. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun]

worshipeOE

worthOE

dignity?c1225

worthsc1225

mund?c1250

pricea1325

worthfulheada1325

valourc1330

dignesse1399

value?a1400

honesty1418

worthiheadc1425

honourabilityc1426

worthihood?1457

sadnessa1513

honourableness1553

respect1567

worshipfulty1589

ingenuity1598

creditableness1647

honorificabilitudinity1656

worshipfulness1663

reputability1792

creditability1805

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 3402 (Kölbing) Kay, þe steward of valour.

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 4179 (Kölbing) A damisel of gret valour Was þo comen to king Arthour.

c1350 Libeaus Desc. (Ritson) 140 He was a noble dysour, Wyth ladyes of valour, A mery man of mouthe.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 28 Ye that be so moche exellent and vertuous, That alle my thoughtes..ben torned..to you that ar [of] so moche hye valour.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. iv. 198 I am very noughte, nothynge hauynge, ne nothynge of valour.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 48 He lukis as he wald luffit be thocht he be litill of valour.

1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 179^v Whereby..your valour and worthinesse maie bee deciphered, and my insufficiencie not made vnknowne.

†b. Worth or worthiness in respect of manly qualities or attributes. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > [noun] > manly virtue

virtuec1330

valoura1400

manlinessc1450

virility1603

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] > of personal qualities

valoura1400

value?a1400

a1400 Coer de L. 4920 Yiff that he durste hym abyde, Undyr the forest off Arsour He wolde assaye hys valour.

a1400–50 Alexander 2493 How Alexander in his armes all-way encreses, In valour & in victori & vertues so noble.

c1480 (a1400) St. Eugenia 421 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 136 Ane erle þat wes a fare man, quham for beute & waloure þe emprice luffit paramoure.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxii. 405 I shall lete hem well wite that I am not hidde, yef in me be so moche valoure.

1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 177 Renownit, ryall, right reuerend and serene, Lord hie trywmphing in wirschip and valoure.

c. The quality of mind which enables a person to face danger with boldness or firmness; courage or bravery, esp. as shown in warfare or conflict; valiancy, prowess.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > [noun]

elne888

bieldc890

daringc1374

coraiouste1382

inwit1382

courageousnessa1513

courage1540

couragie1556

valour1581

nerve1602

stoutheartednessa1683

noble-heartedness1836

lionheartedness1885

gut1893

gutsiness1893

bottle1958

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 1 Lieuetenant generall... A degree..won..by meanes of his owne valour & seruice done to the king.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. A3^v Captaines stroue to haue their valours tride.

1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. A3^v Our fortunate and oft prooued valour in warres abroad.

1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. i. ii. 168 He ow'd the Affront not to our vallours but his feares.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 690 In those dayes Might onely shall be admir'd, And Valour and Heroic Vertu call'd.

1715 J. Addison Freeholder No. 8 English Valour cannot be matched when it is animated by English Beauty.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vi. 154 Valour, and the love of discipline, [became] the only qualifications for military employments.

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. v. 135 Real valour consists not in being insensible to danger, but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone ix [She knew] that the better part of valour was advisable.

1878 J. Morley Carlyle 191 The same principle which revealed the valour and godliness of Puritanism.

personif.1692 M. Prior Ode i Nor to melt at Beauties Tears, nor follow Valour's Sword.

d. Used as a personal name or (with possessives) as a quasi-title; also, a person of courage.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero > person of mettle

heart1340

heart of oakc1384

bolda1400

doughtya1400

stalworthc1400

sternc1400

Ironsidea1470

stalwart1508

galliard1532

lada1556

stoutheart1556

hardydardy1593

valour1609

valiant1610

fireman1648

hearty1790

my (also me) hearty1839

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 176 And at this sport Sir valour dyes, cryes O enough Patroclus.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. x. 249 An your valour be so dull, you will please to learn [etc.].

1839 E. Bulwer-Lytton Richelieu i. i I,..Leading young valours..reckless as myself, Seized on the town of Faviaux.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxvi But the stern-gallery? How..came your valour thither?

†2. Value or worth in material or other respects; = value n. 6.

a. In the phrase of (..) valour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective]

dearc888

dearworthc888

worthlyeOE

oughtsOE

worthfulOE

aughtOE

richa1225

gildenc1225

of pricea1325

worthya1325

of (‥) valourc1330

prow1340

dearworthyc1374

of value1395

pricefula1400

presc1400

singularc1400

goldena1425

well-foundc1475

valiant1481

prized1487

prowousa1500

valuable1567

prizable1569

valorous1592

suit-worth1594

bully1600

estimable1600

treasurable1607

treasurous?1611

treasured1675

pearly1770

at a premium1828

keep-worthy1830

good value1842

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 3265 (Kölbing) A launce he tok of gret valour.

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 6353 (Kölbing) His stede he smot of gret valour.

c1400 T. Chestre Launfal 984 Kyng Artour gan her fayre grete, And sche hym agayn, with wordes swete, That were of greet valour.

c1475 Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 511 That parliamente of kynge Ricardus was made voyde & as of noo valoure.

a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (St Andrews) v. l. 189 [In al þat lande was nane Tempil standande of] valwre.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. iii. 23 The prayse that is off valoure before God.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 9^v These hys powers,..of what valoure they be, and to what end we ought to wey them.

1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature ix. 69 Their Viands are of no valour, no valew without these.

1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie ii. viii. 196 If we compare his works, being of infinite valour, with our works.

†b. In other constructions. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun]

worthOE

worthfulnessOE

price?c1225

savour?c1225

aughtshipc1275

dearworthinessc1325

worthiness1372

preciousnessc1390

richesa1400

preciosity1402

valeur1433

valurec1440

preciousheadc1450

vail1471

paragea1475

valour?a1475

availa1522

vailance1532

validity1593

carat1600

condignity1605

valiant1606

esteeming1609

self-worth1610

telling1636

valuableness?1649

worthship1664

treasurableness1898

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 35 Not discordenge in eny thynge, neiþer in valoure of wordes, neither in ordre.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. xvii. sig. n.i ^v The lyf contemplatyf excedeth in valour and in dygnyte the lyfe actyfe.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 559 In peice and rest..Ane small thing growis to ane greit valour.

1565 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge 220 This is the doctrine of the churche, touching the valour of the Masse.

1616 A. Champney Treat. Vocation Bishops 307 For the effectuall applying of the merite, valour, and effect thereof vnto us.

†3.

a. The amount (in money, etc.) or sum that a thing is worth; = value n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun]

wortheOE

valuea1325

cost1340

valourc1350

valure1440

valora1483

valoir1496

valor1496

valuation1549

valent1765

vallidom1790

money value1848

money-worth1854

c1350 Libeaus Desc. 1039 (K.) He haþ me sent þe valour Of faire fiȝtes four, Seþe he ferst began.

c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 3000 Not for the valour of al this tovn Wold I lenght thi life soo.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 126 To restore agayne the thing or the valour.

1538 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 67 Our goodes..to be solld..and of the monye that shall cum of the valour of those goodes [etc.].

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 97 He sall pay to his parents, the valour of his marriage.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Valour, value.

†b. In the phrase of (great, little, etc.) valour.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > of specified value

wortheOE

worthy1387

of value1395

of (great, little, etc.) valoura1450

of (great, etc.) valor1467

valiant1590

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxvi. l. 332 This Olde gentyl knyht..purveied him Of Gold & Of tresowr, and of Mani A Iewel of gret valowr.

1496–7 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 123 She hath in coyne in old nobles, c^li,..with other goods of great valour.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. a viii^v Oure fyngres shyninge with precyous stons Sett in golden rynges of ryche valoure.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xv. 99 b A long and large girdle of silke and gold of no small beautie and valour.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 439 [Zemes] caused his treasure, plate, jewels, and other things of great valour and light carriage to be trussed vp.

†c. Const. of. = value n. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 526 He wold not gyff þer-for þe valour of a sh[red] clowte.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 267 That euery man..scholde..offre a peny in valoure of oure x. d. usualle.

c1475 Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 473 Londes and rentes unto the valoure of a M li.

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 12 §27 Plate iewels or other goodes..of the valour of .xii. d. or aboue.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 176 The quene gaif him ane cheinȝe to the wallour of ane thowsand crounis.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliii. v. 1159 To send presents..to the valour of two thousand Asses over and above.

†d. spec. (See quot. 1607) Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Xxx3^v/1 Valour of mariage..is a writ that lyeth for the Lord, hauing profered covenable mariage to the Infant, without disparidgement, against the Infant, comming to his yeares, if he refuse to take the Lords offer. And it is to recouer the value of the mariage.

4. The amount, quantity, etc., of (so much or so many). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun]

metc1225

mountancec1330

amountancec1380

mountenancec1385

quantityc1392

quantitya1398

substance1435

mountenessea1450

mountc1475

number1477

feck1488

quantum1602

valour1631

amount1668

amt.1744

volume1882

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. vi. 67 in Wks. II I thinke wee were best put 'hem in the stocks,..for the valour of an houre, or such a thing, till his worship come.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) It might be about the valour of three hours, two miles, four acres, etc.

Compounds

valour-breathing, valour-loving, etc.

ΚΠ

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 328 The snares of vertue, valour-softning Hyrens.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 55 Rock-batt'ring Bumbards, Valour-murd'ring Guns.

1755 ‘A Gentleman of Cambridge’ Praises of Isis 16 Warrior steeds, and valour-breathing knights.

1848 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad 279 He sat in the tent of valour-loving Eurypylus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	valour
释义	valourvalorn. Brit. /ˈvalə/, U.S. /ˈvælər/ Forms: Middle English– valour (Middle English–1500s Scottish wa-), Middle English valowr, Middle English–1500s valoure (Middle English Scottish wa-, Middle English–1500s vo-), 1500s vallour (Scottish wa-), Middle English vallouer, 1500s valouer. Etymology: < Old French valour (valur ; later and modern French valeur valeur n.), = Spanish valor , Portuguese valor , Italian valore < late Latin valōr- , valor valor n., < valēre to be strong, etc. See also valure n. 1. †a. Worth or importance due to personal qualities or to rank. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun] worshipeOE worthOE dignity?c1225 worthsc1225 mund?c1250 pricea1325 worthfulheada1325 valourc1330 dignesse1399 value?a1400 honesty1418 worthiheadc1425 honourabilityc1426 worthihood?1457 sadnessa1513 honourableness1553 respect1567 worshipfulty1589 ingenuity1598 creditableness1647 honorificabilitudinity1656 worshipfulness1663 reputability1792 creditability1805 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 3402 (Kölbing) Kay, þe steward of valour. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 4179 (Kölbing) A damisel of gret valour Was þo comen to king Arthour. c1350 Libeaus Desc. (Ritson) 140 He was a noble dysour, Wyth ladyes of valour, A mery man of mouthe. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 28 Ye that be so moche exellent and vertuous, That alle my thoughtes..ben torned..to you that ar [of] so moche hye valour. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. iv. 198 I am very noughte, nothynge hauynge, ne nothynge of valour. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 48 He lukis as he wald luffit be thocht he be litill of valour. 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 179^v Whereby..your valour and worthinesse maie bee deciphered, and my insufficiencie not made vnknowne. †b. Worth or worthiness in respect of manly qualities or attributes. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [noun] > manly virtue virtuec1330 valoura1400 manlinessc1450 virility1603 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] > of personal qualities valoura1400 value?a1400 a1400 Coer de L. 4920 Yiff that he durste hym abyde, Undyr the forest off Arsour He wolde assaye hys valour. a1400–50 Alexander 2493 How Alexander in his armes all-way encreses, In valour & in victori & vertues so noble. c1480 (a1400) St. Eugenia 421 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 136 Ane erle þat wes a fare man, quham for beute & waloure þe emprice luffit paramoure. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxii. 405 I shall lete hem well wite that I am not hidde, yef in me be so moche valoure. 1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 177 Renownit, ryall, right reuerend and serene, Lord hie trywmphing in wirschip and valoure. c. The quality of mind which enables a person to face danger with boldness or firmness; courage or bravery, esp. as shown in warfare or conflict; valiancy, prowess. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > [noun] elne888 bieldc890 daringc1374 coraiouste1382 inwit1382 courageousnessa1513 courage1540 couragie1556 valour1581 nerve1602 stoutheartednessa1683 noble-heartedness1836 lionheartedness1885 gut1893 gutsiness1893 bottle1958 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 1 Lieuetenant generall... A degree..won..by meanes of his owne valour & seruice done to the king. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. A3^v Captaines stroue to haue their valours tride. 1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. A3^v Our fortunate and oft prooued valour in warres abroad. 1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. i. ii. 168 He ow'd the Affront not to our vallours but his feares. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 690 In those dayes Might onely shall be admir'd, And Valour and Heroic Vertu call'd. View more context for this quotation 1715 J. Addison Freeholder No. 8 English Valour cannot be matched when it is animated by English Beauty. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vi. 154 Valour, and the love of discipline, [became] the only qualifications for military employments. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. v. 135 Real valour consists not in being insensible to danger, but in being prompt to confront and disarm it. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone ix [She knew] that the better part of valour was advisable. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle 191 The same principle which revealed the valour and godliness of Puritanism. personif.1692 M. Prior Ode i Nor to melt at Beauties Tears, nor follow Valour's Sword. d. Used as a personal name or (with possessives) as a quasi-title; also, a person of courage. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero > person of mettle heart1340 heart of oakc1384 bolda1400 doughtya1400 stalworthc1400 sternc1400 Ironsidea1470 stalwart1508 galliard1532 lada1556 stoutheart1556 hardydardy1593 valour1609 valiant1610 fireman1648 hearty1790 my (also me) hearty1839 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 176 And at this sport Sir valour dyes, cryes O enough Patroclus. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. x. 249 An your valour be so dull, you will please to learn [etc.]. 1839 E. Bulwer-Lytton Richelieu i. i I,..Leading young valours..reckless as myself, Seized on the town of Faviaux. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxvi But the stern-gallery? How..came your valour thither? †2. Value or worth in material or other respects; = value n. 6. a. In the phrase of (..) valour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective] dearc888 dearworthc888 worthlyeOE oughtsOE worthfulOE aughtOE richa1225 gildenc1225 of pricea1325 worthya1325 of (‥) valourc1330 prow1340 dearworthyc1374 of value1395 pricefula1400 presc1400 singularc1400 goldena1425 well-foundc1475 valiant1481 prized1487 prowousa1500 valuable1567 prizable1569 valorous1592 suit-worth1594 bully1600 estimable1600 treasurable1607 treasurous?1611 treasured1675 pearly1770 at a premium1828 keep-worthy1830 good value1842 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 3265 (Kölbing) A launce he tok of gret valour. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 6353 (Kölbing) His stede he smot of gret valour. c1400 T. Chestre Launfal 984 Kyng Artour gan her fayre grete, And sche hym agayn, with wordes swete, That were of greet valour. c1475 Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 511 That parliamente of kynge Ricardus was made voyde & as of noo valoure. a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (St Andrews) v. l. 189 [In al þat lande was nane Tempil standande of] valwre. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. iii. 23 The prayse that is off valoure before God. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 9^v These hys powers,..of what valoure they be, and to what end we ought to wey them. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature ix. 69 Their Viands are of no valour, no valew without these. 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie ii. viii. 196 If we compare his works, being of infinite valour, with our works. †b. In other constructions. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] worthOE worthfulnessOE price?c1225 savour?c1225 aughtshipc1275 dearworthinessc1325 worthiness1372 preciousnessc1390 richesa1400 preciosity1402 valeur1433 valurec1440 preciousheadc1450 vail1471 paragea1475 valour?a1475 availa1522 vailance1532 validity1593 carat1600 condignity1605 valiant1606 esteeming1609 self-worth1610 telling1636 valuableness?1649 worthship1664 treasurableness1898 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 35 Not discordenge in eny thynge, neiþer in valoure of wordes, neither in ordre. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. xvii. sig. n.i ^v The lyf contemplatyf excedeth in valour and in dygnyte the lyfe actyfe. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 559 In peice and rest..Ane small thing growis to ane greit valour. 1565 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge 220 This is the doctrine of the churche, touching the valour of the Masse. 1616 A. Champney Treat. Vocation Bishops 307 For the effectuall applying of the merite, valour, and effect thereof vnto us. †3. a. The amount (in money, etc.) or sum that a thing is worth; = value n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] wortheOE valuea1325 cost1340 valourc1350 valure1440 valora1483 valoir1496 valor1496 valuation1549 valent1765 vallidom1790 money value1848 money-worth1854 c1350 Libeaus Desc. 1039 (K.) He haþ me sent þe valour Of faire fiȝtes four, Seþe he ferst began. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 3000 Not for the valour of al this tovn Wold I lenght thi life soo. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 126 To restore agayne the thing or the valour. 1538 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 67 Our goodes..to be solld..and of the monye that shall cum of the valour of those goodes [etc.]. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 97 He sall pay to his parents, the valour of his marriage. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Valour, value. †b. In the phrase of (great, little, etc.) valour. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > of specified value wortheOE worthy1387 of value1395 of (great, little, etc.) valoura1450 of (great, etc.) valor1467 valiant1590 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxvi. l. 332 This Olde gentyl knyht..purveied him Of Gold & Of tresowr, and of Mani A Iewel of gret valowr. 1496–7 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 123 She hath in coyne in old nobles, c^li,..with other goods of great valour. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. a viii^v Oure fyngres shyninge with precyous stons Sett in golden rynges of ryche valoure. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xv. 99 b A long and large girdle of silke and gold of no small beautie and valour. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 439 [Zemes] caused his treasure, plate, jewels, and other things of great valour and light carriage to be trussed vp. †c. Const. of. = value n. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 526 He wold not gyff þer-for þe valour of a sh[red] clowte. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 267 That euery man..scholde..offre a peny in valoure of oure x. d. usualle. c1475 Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 473 Londes and rentes unto the valoure of a M li. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 12 §27 Plate iewels or other goodes..of the valour of .xii. d. or aboue. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 176 The quene gaif him ane cheinȝe to the wallour of ane thowsand crounis. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliii. v. 1159 To send presents..to the valour of two thousand Asses over and above. †d. spec. (See quot. 1607) Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Xxx3^v/1 Valour of mariage..is a writ that lyeth for the Lord, hauing profered covenable mariage to the Infant, without disparidgement, against the Infant, comming to his yeares, if he refuse to take the Lords offer. And it is to recouer the value of the mariage. 4. The amount, quantity, etc., of (so much or so many). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] metc1225 mountancec1330 amountancec1380 mountenancec1385 quantityc1392 quantitya1398 substance1435 mountenessea1450 mountc1475 number1477 feck1488 quantum1602 valour1631 amount1668 amt.1744 volume1882 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. vi. 67 in Wks. II I thinke wee were best put 'hem in the stocks,..for the valour of an houre, or such a thing, till his worship come. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) It might be about the valour of three hours, two miles, four acres, etc. Compounds valour-breathing, valour-loving, etc. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 328 The snares of vertue, valour-softning Hyrens. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 55 Rock-batt'ring Bumbards, Valour-murd'ring Guns. 1755 ‘A Gentleman of Cambridge’ Praises of Isis 16 Warrior steeds, and valour-breathing knights. 1848 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad 279 He sat in the tent of valour-loving Eurypylus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1330
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