(a) Monetary or exchange value, price; payment, amount, sum; ?also, equivalent sum [quot.: a1400]; (b) of ~, of dere (gret, muchel) ~, riche of ~, of great value, precious, expensive; of derest ~, most of ~, of greatest value; of litel (loue) ~, of little worth, inexpensive; of the lightest ~, leste of ~, of the lowest price; for ani ~, bi nonekinnes ~, for any (no) sum, by any (no) means; for gret ~, at a high price; to heigh (loue) ~, at a high (low) price; (c) brekinge of prises, selling at unauthorized prices; commune ~, normal price; feloun ~, unfair price; ~ of felonie, price of treachery, blood money; ~ set (ordeined), established price; verrie ~, full price; (d) bien bi (for) ~, to buy at a price; bien bi ~, buy (sth.) at a price; bien at light ~, buy at a low price; bien for litel ~, buy (sth.) at a low price; holden at litel ~, consider (sth.) of little value; sellen at a dere ~, sell (sth.) at a high price; sellen for litel ~, sell (sb.) at a low price; setten ~, set a price, appraise; setten to ~, put a price on (sb.), put (sth.) up for sale; to ~ setten, set (profit) at a specific sum.

(a) Money, proceeds; in ~, for money; for ~ ne for preiere, for money nor entreaty for anything; taken ~, to be hired; ~ of an hound; ?proceeds from the sale of a dog; (b) a tax; an obligatory payment to the temple upon the birth of one's first son; also, a fine [quot.: Num.35.31]; ~ of salt, tax on salt; ~ of wode, ?a forest-tax; (c) a quantity of something worth a certain sum; (d) wealth, substance.

A non-monetary cost or payment; Christ, Christ's blood, one's labor, etc., as the means of one's redemption; war as the price for Helen of Troy; in ~, as payment.

Non-monetary value, worth; benefit; efficacy, usefulness; podes ~, toads' worth, toads' level.

(a) Reward, prize; ~ of the pleie, reward for the winner of the games; ~ withinnen, the prize awarded to the winning knight on the defending side, the side of the host, in a tournament [cp. innere adj. 1. (d)]; ~ withouten, the prize awarded to the winning knight on the challenging side in a tournament; (b) a treasure; coll. prized belongings, treasures; also, a treasured person, darling; (c) costly clothes; (d) a gift.

(a) Denoting a human being: noble one; coll. the nobles, nobility; (b) denoting human traits: high quality, excellence; high rank, nobility, gentility; also, martial excellence, prowess; of ~, excellent, noble; also, in excellence; of ~ and right, on account of (her) excellence and just desert; ~ of armes, martial prowess; your ~, your excellency; (c) denoting traits of horses, flowers, gems, etc.: fine quality, nobility; beauty, splendor; hors(es of ~, splendid horses; (d) denoting traits of towns, castles, gardens, paradise, angels, persons, etc.: glory, splendor; opulence, luxury; ~ turneth into lak, opulence becomes poverty.

The most noble or excellent of a class of persons or things; the paragon, the best; for ~, as the most excellent; ~ of the prophecie, most eminent of the company of prophets; ~ of the world, the best in the world.

(a) Pre-eminence, superiority; victory; distinction; (b) beren ~, to win, gain pre-eminence; have a distinction, be superior; (c) bringen hom the ~, to bring home the victory; leien ~ on, grant pre-eminence to (sb.); haven ~, win (the, a, that) victory, have pre-eminence, be best; winnen ~, win victory, have dominance; yeven ~, grant (the) victory, give pre-eminence; (d) in adv. phr.: a ~, a pre-eminent amount, very much.

(a) Fame, renown; good reputation; litel ~, slight honor; los and ~, ~ and los (name, prou, renoun), fame and renown; formest ~, highest fame; soverain ~, sterling reputation; (b) abaten ~, to diminish the renown; beren (haven) ~, have a reputation; beren the ~ of, have a reputation for (sth.); conqueren (getten, winnen) ~, win fame; holden ~, preserve renown; no.~ holden, consider (sth.) no praiseworthy achievement; lesen ~, lose (one's) reputation; leten therof litel ~, consider little fame to come therefrom; (c) an attitude of esteem; haven (tellen) ~ of, holden in ~, to esteem (sb. or sth.); holden of ~, holden ~ of, esteem (sb., oneself); leien ~ upon, setten ~ of, tellen ~ bi, esteem (sth.); leien (putten, setten) ~ on, setten at ~, esteem (sb.); preisen at more ~, grant (sth.) higher value; setten ~ bi, esteem (sb. or sth., oneself); setten ~ heigh, esteem (oneself) highly; stonden in ~, have (somebody's) esteem; (d) in negative contexts: haven (tellen) no ~ of, putten no ~ to, to care nothing about (sb.), despise; setten at no ~, setten no ~ of, attach no value to (sth.), despise; setten no ~ bi, care nothing about (sb. or sth.), despise; holden (maken, setten) litel ~ of, care little about (sb.); setten at light (litel) ~, care little about (sb. or sth.); holden therof litel ~, care little about it; (e) praise, laud; lak or ~, blame or praise; wilning of ~, desire of praise; gret of ~, highly praised; more passinge of ~, more to be praised; proud of ~, ?haughty, vainglorious; preisen in ~, to exalt (sb.); preisen bi ~, exalt (sth.); seien (speken) ~, speak (somebody's) praise; speken o ~, tellen in ~, tellen ~ of, praise (sb.); stonden in ~, continue to be praised; etc.; (f) ?wonder, amazement.