1depth, the distance from the top downwards:
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
la langour, laour e la profundesce
(of a wound)
32
(
1347-48
)
la profondesse […] de meisme le havene
ii 210
(
1354;
MS: c.1360
)
par la largeour et par la profoundesse
(of J.C.'s wound)
185.15
♦
marit.(of water) depths, deep part of a body of water:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
De Basan cunvertirai, cunvertirai des profundesces de la mer
115.LXVII.23
2bottom, deepest or lowest point:
(
MS: s.xiii
)
Sed hec sumentem ex[h]ilerat vinum passum, in quo se quis admirari possit usque ad cifi profunditatem
(gloss: profundesse), quod lacrimarum pen[i]tentia agentis claritati conformetur
i 183 and ii 112
♦
profundity, intensity:
(
1381-85;
MS: s.xiv4/4
)
la meuresse des maners, honestetee de vie et la profundesse de lecture ount enhacez a greindre degree d’escoleuier
396.49