Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize.
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Knightly
//ˈnaɪtli//
Synonyms for "knightly" (88 found)
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12 translations across 9 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ասպետական adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
Catalan
2 entries- cavalleresc adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
- cavallerívol adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
Georgian
2 entries- რაინდული adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
- სარაინდო adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
German
1 entries- ritterlich adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
Irish
1 entries- ridiriúil adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
Middle English
1 entries- knyghtly adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ridireach adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
Spanish
2 entries- caballeresco adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
- caballeroso adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
Welsh
1 entries- marchogaidd adj (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly)
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knightly combat
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Mar. In Gods name, and the Kings, say who yͧ [thou] art. And why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes?
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Who backs a horse, or bears a hawk, or wears A sword like him! Whose plume nods knightlier?
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