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VALI.
Gladstone (1904)
Walhalla.
56 Neither Pitt nor Peel lives in my
li Vali (vah--). [Turk. (Arab.) ^j valU Cf.
Wall] A cinl governor of a Turkish province or
vilayet.
The form vali^ occurs in thetransl. of Chardin's Coronai.
Solyman (1686) 34.
1753HANWAY yVor. (1762) II. V. iii. 139 Vachtanga.. ought
. .to have succeeded him in the dignity of vaii of Georgia.
187s R. Wilson tr. Figrier^s Hum. Race 284 A vali and
council is at the head of the administration of each government
or ' vilayet '. 1897 Outing XXIX. 387 The Vali, . . like
nearly all Turkish officials, . . had discarded the Turkish costume.
X903 Times 5 Sept. 8 6 The corrupt and inefficient
government of the Vali of Beirut.
Hence Valiship, the office or position of a valL
1907 Times 17 Jan. 3/6 It may have been right to depose
Kiamil from his Valiship.
Valiable, obs. Sc. var. Vailable a.
Valiance (vaelyans). Forms : 5 vailliaiince,
vaylliaunoe, 5-6 valiaunce,-yaunce, 6 -eaunce,
6-7, 9 valiance. [a. AF. valiance (1304), or ad.
OF. vaillance (A F. vayilaunce), f. valiant ^ vaillantx
see Valiant «.]
1, Bravery, valour; = VxtrANCY r.
Very common in the i6th c ; now chiefly as a literary
archaism.
1456 Sir G. Have Lam Arms (S.T.S.) 53 The mekle
vahaunce of schir Cipro consul of Rome. 1475 Bk. Noblesse
23
The comparative valianter, superlative valianlest were
formerly frequent, the latter occurring occasionally in the
i6th and 17th c. in the shortened forms valiamist, valianst,
Talienst.}
1. a. Of persons: Stalwart ^ body, bone, hands.
Prob. with some implication of sense 2. In mod. Sussex
dial, the sense of ' stout, well-built ' is recorded
1303 R. BnuNNE Hand!. Synne 4370 pys Conred had a
seriaunt, .\ wj-s man, and of body vaylaunt. 1338 — Chron.
('?io) 9 So wis he was in dede, of body so valiant. Hid. 144
Richer kyng is non in t)is world bot je, No valianter of bon
"1 Cristendam als he. 1513 Ld. Bernehs Froiss. I. cclxxxiv.
424 Sir Moreau of Fyennes , . was a right valyant man of his
vS" •.
"'*•' ^''"- Citron., Edw. V (1550) V, Antony
Wooduilc,..a wise, hardy and honourable personage, as
valiaunte of handes as politique of counsayll.
t b. Valiant beggar, a sturdy beggar. Obs.
1531 Dial, on Laws Etig, i. xvi. 27b, That no man.,
shuld gyue any almes to any valyant begger that is well
able to laboure. 1334 Nott. Rec. III. 373 Harberor of
valyeant begers and comyn woman. 1369 jf. Sanford tr.
Agiippa's Van. A rtes 104 b, The Emperoure made a streicte
ordinance touching valiant beggers.
I
t o. Of things : Strong, firm. Obs.
IS4» Becon Pathw. Prayer xy\\. H iij, For the name of
the Lorde is a stronge tower & valeaunt Bulwarke. 1603 G.
Owen Pembrokeshire viii. (iSgi) 60 The Wheat and Kie
endureth all the winter stormes & forces as a valiant and
stout grayne. 1607 Topsell Four-/. Beasts 460 A Lyon
hath a most valiant and strong head.
t d. Strong in respect of smell or taste. Obs.
1607 A. Brewek Lingua iv. iii. This, if your breath be
not too valiant, will make you smell as sweet as my lady's
dog. a 1661 Fuller Worthies, Cornwall (1662) i. 194 The
scent thereof (L e. garlicj is somewhat Valiant and Offensive.
2. Having or possessing courage ; esf. acting with
or showing boldness or bravery in fight or on the
field
hearted.
of battle; bold, brave, courageous, stout-
c 1330 R. BiDHNB Ckrmi. IVace (Rolls) 12576 Schame hit
I (1687)
t Carlyle
VALIANTNESS.
were (.at ey(«r 3ede Wijjouten bataille or vaillaunte dede.
1500-10 Dunbar Poems I. 11 He did full mony valjeant deid
00 S'-'^V""'' ^^""=iy 'and. a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon Iv.
188 His barons stode styll to beholde his valyaunt dedes.
1568 C.RAFTON Chron. II. 304 Before Winter be past I will
enter into Fraunce, in puyssaunt and valyaunt maner. Ifioo
J. PORY tr. Leo s A/rica 11. 75 The foresaide captaine with
his armie..gaue them such a valiant onset, that the greater
part of them was slaine. 1655-60 Stanley Hist. Philos.
750/1 The valiant Exhortation of an old Man
chang'd the minds and fortune of the whole City. 184s
Cromuiell (r87i) I. 50 Truly with valiant patient
energy.. It carried its Petition of Right. 1907 Trans.
Assoc. 51 The valiant deeds of the great reign of
Devon I
I Elizabeth.
1 4. Of great worth or merit ; worthy. Obs. rare.
1480 Caxton Myrr. i. v. (E.E.T.S.) 25 Other philosophres
ther were.. prudent alle and valyant, seen that they set to
fore alle other thynges clerg>'e.
t5. Marked or characterized by the use of
strength. Obs.~^
i53« Elyot Gov. i. xxvii. (r88o) 289 That some be done
with extending of myght, and as hit were violently, and that
IS called valiaunt exercise.
t6. Worth (a specified sum). Also const, in
(goods or property). Cf. Vail zi.l 4. Obs. rare.
1590 Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 557 The said Thomas is
bot ane puir man . . , not valiant in substance and guidis ane
hundreth pundis. 1603 Ibid.Vl. 525 AlL.landit gentlemen,
valiant tuentiechalderisofvictuall. 1608 Middleton Trick
to catchy Old One \. i, A rich country widow, four hundred a
year valiant, in woods, in bullocks, in barns and in rye-stacks.
55 For his gret trouthe, vailliaunce, and manhod . . king Pirrus
..offred to gyve hym the .iiijth part of his roiaurae. 1509
+ b. Sc. As sb. Value or worth. Obs.-'^
Barclay ShyP 0/ Folys (1570) 126 These fooles them boast
i6o65'e danger of the jeirlie violent proffeittis
battayle. 1581 A. Hall /liatt iii. 50 When vpoun
I was yong,
the persones, . . thairby surmounting often tymes thair haill
and valiance had, and prowess. x6a3 Bingham Xenopfum
valient.
44 Let vs not expect, that other come and encourage vs to
be braue and
1 7. Sc. Valid, effective,
resolute, but
decisive.
let vs begin
Obs.-^
to excite other to
163a Lithgow
valiance.
Trav. iv. 143 Their.. definitiue sentence in
J807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. m. vii.
o.
387 His son exerted
1350 GowER Com/. II. 56 So that these heraldz on
Lawe or Religion is. .absolutely valiant.
many acts of forward valiance. 1841 Thackeray Drum h[m crie, 'Vailant, vailant, lo, wher 1.
he gothl' £1400 8. As sb. One who is valiant ; a brave or cour-
v, In spite of our valiance, The victory lay with Malbrook. I'tvaine ij- . Gaiu. $^i Sir Gawayn, knyght vailant. C1450 ageous person.
1894 Academy 16 June 491/3 Equal to them in business Merlin xxiii. 423 Lepe to horse many a vailaunt knyght. 1609 Bible (Douay) Jer. xlvi.
capacity, superior in persevering energy, in valiance of '474 Caxton Cheese
9 Get ye up on horses, and
iv. v. (1883) 176 And thus is hit of euery tn chariots,and let the valiants
heart and true courage.
man
come forth. x6ii
the more
Bible 2 .Saw.
vaillant the more honoured.
;
xxi. heading, Foure battels against the Philistines,
2. A valiant act or deed S. c
; a feat of valour or
1330 R. Brunnk wherein
Chron. IVace (Rolls) 6952, I haue a foure valiants of Dauid slay foure gyants. a i7aa
bro|)er, sire Constaunt, God
Sewell
werrour,
bravery. Now & man valliaunt.
arck.
1338 Hist. Quakers Pxef. (1735) — Chron. (1810) 9 Many
A 4, For the most eminent Vali.
tymes on Uttred Bretons batmle
1470-85 Malorv Arthur
ants among this
v. viii. 173 Crete
People in the
valyaunces,
Beginning
souht
were not
: Uttred was Men of
so valiant, he gaf of ^am right nouht.
prowesses, and
Note or
appcrtyces of werre
Learning, tho'
were that
of great
day shewed.
Courage.
lanooMorte Arth.
1909 IVestm.
299 Of this grett velany I salle be
1489 Caxtom Faytes o/A. i. vii. 17 By
Caz.
cause
25 May he had founde
4/1 Valiants of the
vengede
wheel who,
ones On
when they
5one venemus mene, wyth valiant
so many valyaunces in the romayns.
cannot drive, will
1589 Puttenham
tramp over the
knyghtes
dreary
! 1470-85 Malory
marshes of
Arthur x. xlii. 482 The good
Eng. Poesie \. xix. (Arb.) 57 Places
Turkestan.
of assembly, where the knjghte Semound the valyaunt. a 1333 Ld. Berners huoii
company shalbe desirous to heare of old aduentures and xcii. 296 For Hence he Is so noble and so valyaunt + Va'llant v. trans., to rendtr valiant.
that he fereth
valiaunces of noble knights in times past.
no man. 1535 Coverdale Esther
i6a8 Feltham Resolves I. Ixxv.
xiii. 9 O Lorde Lorde,
(1647) 231 Sure, Virtue is
1879 Meredith Egoist I. ii. sx Our cavalier's is the poetic thou valeaunt and a Defendress,
allmightie kynge.
and valiants
1578 T. Procter
the heart of man.
leg, a portent, a vahance.
Corg. Gallery M iij b. Wee subiect bee to griefe, eche tValiantise. Obs. Forms : 4 vaillauntise,
Valiancy (vse-lyansi). Forms : 6 val(l)iaun- horror feares The valiaunst harts, when death doth daunt 4, 6 valyauntise, valiantise, 5 Sc. vailliantis,
cie, 6-7 (9) valiancio (7 vaU-), 7 valianaie, the brest.
7-
1600 J. Porv
6
tr. Leo's A/rica iv. 233 The inhabitants
valy-,
are valiant
valiancy
and
valiauntise. [a.
warrelike OF. vaill-,
people.
(7 valiantcy), 6-7 valiencie. 1634 Sir
vallanlise,
T.
[Cf. Herbert Trav. 109 Crocodiles, .cruell and yet valiant. valiandise, etc., f. vaillant Valiant a, ; see -ise ^.]
prec. and -ancy.]
1676 HosBES Iliad VI. t44 Glaucus.., Than whom a fairer 1. Valiancy, valour.
1. The quality or attribute of being valiant or person there was not. Nor valianter in all the Land. 1706 C1330 R. Brunne Chron.
courageous
Maule
Wace (Rolls) 12193 He (Arthur)
Hist.
; bravery,
Picts in
valiantness,
Misc. Scot. I.
valour.
39 He levies a mighty tristed weL.on his grete vaillauntise Ar he durst take J>at
and strong army of the valiantest
Frrq. from
warriors,
c 1575 to c 1600.
1743 Francis emprise. 1338 — Chron. (1810) 168 Now is Ciprcs lorn fro
tr. Hor., Odts 11. i.
*574 J- Jones Beg, Growing ^ Living Things
33 Panting with terror, I survey The
32 Feeble-
Isaac &_hise, & to R[ichard) suorn for his valiantise. c
martial
1400
host in dread array,
nesse of spirit, want of strength, and
The chiefs, how valiant
iacke and
of valiauncie,
Laud Troy Bk. 6800 Philomene sende
how
him vnto hise. For he
just ! 1814 Scott
1590 Sir J. Smyth
Lard
Disc. iVeapons
0/ Isles iv. xviii. It is
23 More
the foe !
to the effect of
him wan with valyauntise. 1456 Sir G.
Each
Have Law Arms
valiant lord Fling
our Archers, than
by his
to anie
bow, and grasp
exiraordinarie
his sword I
valiancie of our
(S.T.S.) 224 For suppos for grete vailliantis and honourable
l8ss Macaulav Hist. Eng. xii.
Nation. 1605 ist Pt. Jeronimo \\. i, That which
UI. 204 The Englishry
they dede of
lost
armes a bonde man war., maid knycht in armes.
generally respected
by base Captmitie, We him
1513
as a valiant, skilful, may redeemc with honored
and generous
valiansie.
Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cccxvii.
enemy.
489 Men of armes proued
1871 Freeman x^ E. JoHNSOM
Norm. \Vonder--ufrkg.
Com;.
Provid. (1876) IV. 68 In all
30 Yet was he
well
not
there their valyantise and prowes. 1598 Bp. Hall Sat.
these castles. .William placed trusty
minded to make iriatl of his peoples
and valiant captains.
valiantcy in
IV. iv.
fight at
31 If brabling Make.Fray, at each Fayre
trans/. Ja
and Sise,
140a Morle
this time. 1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry
Arth.
ui. v. 45 Those
2573 His vesturis ryche. With
prizes
Picks quarrels for to shew his valiantise.
the valyant Mode was verrede alle
and Crowncs they had gained by
ouer !
their Valiancy
1591 Shaks. i
in war. Hen.
2. A VI,
valiant act or deed. rare.
III. i. 171, I gyrt thee
1795 SouTHEV yoan
with the
0/ Arc valiant
vi. 39a Though Sword
Talbot with
of
Vorke.
vain valiancy
1399 — Hen. V,
1513 Li/e Hen. V iv. iii.
Yet urged the war, and stemm'd
98 Those (1911) 11 For these
that leaue
and manie other
their
alone the valiant bones
valiauntises,
in France.
noble feates,
tide Of battle. 1817 Scott Ckron.
1781
Canongate
Hichmore Ramble
and victories, .. the
Coast
Prince was
ii, Cincin-
0/
Sussejr honnored.
iiSy;^) 19
natiLS and the like, who
The beauteous form of
fought not the common enemy
woman., graced with
with
. . her smiles the feats of valiant
the less valiancy that their arms
Arms.
Valiantly (v^-lyantli), adv. [f. Valiant a.
had been exercised ia Comb. i55fs Locrine 11. iii, There
hatding
might we
the stilts of the pleugh.
sec the valiant
1850 T. H. Gill + -LT 2.] In a valiant
Golden
manner ; with valour or
minded knights, Fetching carreers
Chain of Praise (1894) cxxxvi.
along the
viii. Turn spatious
our darkness into
courage ; boldly, bravely, courageously.
plaines. 139* Shaks. i Hen. IV, v. i.
light; Give us valiancy for fear.
90, I
1893 F. Adams New do not thinks
Egypt
«. a
a brauer Gentleman,
164 Would More 1533 Ld. Berners Huon viii. 22 And hys knyghtes
actiue valiant,
that
or
gay valiancy be with him
more valiant
so lone as it waa
folowyde
young,, .is now
hym, . . determynyde to do walyauntly.
aliue.
1568
with Henri IV?
Grafton CArwi. II.
>• f M70 Co/. 4- Gttw.
296 The Erie
243 The
Douglas of Scotland,
king who
.'stude . . maist vailyeb.
Const, ^(the mind, heart, spirit, etc.).
fought
»nd
a season right valiauntly.
to se. ijoo-aa Dunbar i6oa
Poems Ixiii. 7 Men
Marston Ant. *
of armes,
X579 TwYNB Phis. agst. Fortune i. Ep. Ded. 3 Her and Mel v. Wks.
vailjeand
1856 I. 65 He died unforst, I trust,
knychtis. 1563 WinJet
and vali-
IVhs. (S.T.S.) II.
flatteries haue ouercome antly.
that valiencie of mans minde. 3 The 164a Milton Apol. Smect.
wail^eant Wks.
cheiflane
18^1 III.
of God 286 The
. . Nehemia.s. 1396
c 1650 Don Bellianis 18 Truly Prince Don Gatlaneo
Divine right
you Dalrvmple of Episcopacy was then valiantly
tr. Leslie's Hist.
asserted.
.Scot. II. 9 In the weiris thay
have plainly expressed the valiancy of your mind. 1813 war maist valjeant, and in peace maist
169s Ld. Preston ^i7e dewell, & hell.
of this land.
ant (6-7 valient); 6 valeaunt(e, valeant, Sc. td. Of material things : Fine, splendid. Obs. Va'liantneSS. ? Obs. [f. as prec. -I- -NESS.]
vaiU-,waiUeant. 7. (Chiefly .S"c.) 5-6 vail3eand, 1604 Middleton Blaci Boot Diijb, A valiant BufTe 1. The quality or condition of being valiant
Doublet, stuft with
6 vail(l>-,
Points like
wail^eant, a Legge of
-jeand, val(l)-, wal(l)-
Mutton with valiancy, valour. K\%o personif.
Parslye.
jeandj-^eant, Very
-yeanti-ie^eandj-ie^eantj-ieand,
common in the i6th c.
3. Characterized by, performed with, or exhibit- a. 1470-85 Malory Arthur xii. xii. 608, 1 vnderstande
etc. [ad. 0¥,vaiiant{-and^ AF. vaylant), vaillant ing valour or courage; of a thy
valorous
valyauntnesse wel.
character 1:1489
(AF.
or
Caxton Sonnes 0/ Aymon 16
-aunt) pres. J pple. of valoir to be of worth ;—
The whiche . , Charlemagne by hys prowesse
nature.
and valj-auntnes
L, val^re, Cf. It. and Pg. vaiente^ Sp. valiente.
had dyscomfyted. 1513 Li/e Hen. V (ipti) 155 The Englishmen
. . excelled so farr the Frenchmen in there valyantnes,