† norme Obs. rare.
[ad. L. or It. norma, or a. F. norme.]
= norm n.
| 1635 J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 169 These conditions which serve for a norme and a patterne..to forme their lives and actions by. 1649 G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. IV, xxv, There is a Line Springs from All humane Actions to informe A nearer Way then by the written Norme. |