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Old French
Noun
porpens oblique singular, m (oblique plural porpens, nominative singular porpens, nominative plural porpens)
- thought, idea, reflection, consideration, intention
- 1863, Célestin Hippeau, Amadas et Ydoine, page 167:
- A grant paine parole et dist,
Comme dame de bon porpens,
De bon memore et de bon sens. please add this translation if you can
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (porpens)