myssease
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French mesaise, from mes- (“mis-”) + aise (“ease”).
Noun edit
myssease
- suffering, distress
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xix”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book IX, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- I ded to hym no displesure – and God knowith I am full sory for hys maledye and hys myssease.
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