meslee
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
meslee f (plural meslees)
- battle; fight; confrontation (medieval confrontation)
Descendants edit
References edit
- meslee on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French edit
Verb edit
meslee f
- feminine singular of the past participle of mesler
Noun edit
meslee oblique singular, f (oblique plural meslees, nominative singular meslee, nominative plural meslees)
- Alternative form of medlee
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Trop avons fet grant reposee,
Recomançomes la meslee!- We have rested too much
Let's restart the battle!
- We have rested too much