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1. Mind, heart, thought, feeling: 900-1400

2. Fierce courage; pride: Beowulf-1500

3. Anger: 1175-1630; and archaically in Walter Scott

4. Passionate Grief: 1300-1430

5. A frame of mind: Beowulf- present

6. "Change one’s mood" 1300-present

7. "In the mood" 1589-present

8. Fit of unaccountable melancholy or temper: 1859-present

9. In collocations: "mood and main" "mood and might" 900-1460

 Gentle

1. Well-born 1225-1786

2. Absolute plural (gentles all) 1300s-1840

3. As epithet 1360-1560

4. Of an animal: of excellent breed 1340-1830

5. Of things: noble, rare 1300s-1400s

6. Of honorable birth or position 1300-1870

7. Of an Occupation suitable for one well-born 1590s-1890s

8. Noble, generous,. Courteous 1300-1870

9. As a compliment or ingratiation: 1500-1844

10. Of fruit: domesticated 1420-1871

11. Of animal: tame 1530-1770

12. Soft or tender 1555-present

13. Of the weather: nice 1560-1860

14. Of a river: smooth 1600-1812

15. Of rule: free from severity 1640-1880

16. Moderate in intensity or rate: 1620-1840

17. Of a slope, not steep: 1700-present

18. Of persons: mild, female 1550-1875

verbal uses

1. To ennoble 1380-1630

2. To break (an animal) especially by castration 1730-present