dommaige
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Old French domaige, one of the variants of damage.
Noun edit
dommaige m (plural dommaiges)
- damage (harm done to an object or objects, or more rarely to a person)
- a shame, a pity
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 40:
- Car ce seroit trop grant dommaige que vous mouriciez mesmement en si vil lieu comme ceulx de ceans vous ont mis.
- It would be too much of a shame if you died in such a vile place such as the one that they've put you here in.
Descendants edit
- French: dommage