corage

My etymology dictionary tells me it's a word that comes from the French "corage" and means "to produce courage", or "to put courage into".

Terry Harris, Master Encourager Part 1 Susan 2007

My etymology dictionary tells me it's a word that comes from the French "corage" and means "to produce courage", or "to put courage into".

Archive 2007-09-01 Belinda 2007

Whan that drad maladye of rickrollyng, delivered to us by Our Lord and Savior as portente of His Hooly Judgment, strykes with terrible corage, leaping from flyckereng Devilbox to Devilbox across the miasma in the cweer disgyse of Richard of Astley, Galen adviseth couching a deed polcat upon the cheste of the rickrolld ful swithe to balance the overly sangwyn humors caused by daemonic, forbidden styles of dance.

Miles Klee: Doctors Tackle The Rickrolling Pandemic 2009

For it was then a pretty thing happened of pure diversion mayhap, when his flattering hend, at the justright moment, like perchance some cook of corage might clip the lad on a poot of porage handshut his duckhouse, the vivid girl, deaf with love,

Finnegans Wake 2006

And the lady answerde, sythe that I may not withdrawe zou fro zoure lewed corage, I schal zeve zou with outen wysschinge, and to alle hem that schulle com of you.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Hast thou so much corage Calandrino, as but to handle a peece of written parchment, which I will give thee?

The Decameron 2004

And the lady answerde, sythe that I may not withdrawe zou fro zoure lewed corage, I schal zeve zou with outen wysschinge, and to alle hem that schulle com of you.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

‘Yes, I haf seen him,’ I says, without ze corage to look at her, for my heart did almost burst.

Boyhood 2003

Duke of Burgoyne hath conqueryd Lorreyn and Queen Margreet shall nott nowe be lykelyhod have it; wherffer the Frenshe kynge cheryssheth hyr butt easelye; but afftr thys conquest off Loreyn the Duke toke grete corage to goo upon the londe off the Swechys

Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

Grimbaut brigs, beside Knaresborough, there to stop them the passage; but they returning aside, got to Weatherbie, and so to Tadcaster, and finallie came forward vnto Bramham more, [Sidenote: His hardie corage to fight.] neere to Haizelwood, where they chose their ground méet to fight vpon.

Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed