corage

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French corage.

Noun

corage (plural corages)

1. courage
2. heart
   • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 20-22.

     In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay
     Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage
     To Caunterbury with ful devout corage,

     In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay
     Ready to go on pilgrimage and start
     To Canterbury, full devout at heart,

Descendants

• English: courage
• → Irish: coráiste