mesaise

See also: mesaisé and mésaise

Middle English

Noun

mesaise

  1. alternative form of myssease

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

mesaise oblique singular, f (oblique plural mesaises, nominative singular mesaise, nominative plural mesaises)

  1. suffering
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 168, line 2021:
      plaint sa mesaise e sa grant peine
      she lamented her suffering and her great pain
  2. hardship; poverty; lack of resources

Descendants

  • → English: misease
  • French: mésaise

References

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