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)

1. (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.