Talk:disslander

RFV discussion: April–June 2023

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disslander

Rfv-sense: slander. Probably just Middle English It is probably (talk) 16:53, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

I had trouble finding this in OED, as the form disslander is apparently not attested. However, I eventually located it under disclander (which is itself an unattested form!). OED only gives one modern cite for the verb (Palsgrave). This was havily used in Middle English as per EEBO, but there is nothing modern there either.

(Just noting for posterity that the noun definitely survived into modern English, although barely.) This, that and the other (talk) 01:10, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

• RFV failed and verb deleted Thyself be knowne (talk) 07:29, 11 June 2023 (UTC)