mesaise

See also: mesaisé and mésaise

Old French

Alternative forms

meseise

Noun

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

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

Descendants

English: misease (borrowed)
French: mésaise

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (mesaise)

meseise on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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