myssease

Middle English

Alternative forms

• meoseise, meseise, miseise, mesayse, myseise, mysese, myseyse, misese, myses, mysease, myssaes, mesaise, messais, mezayse, mezeyse, misais, meseyse, meseys, miseyse, myseese, meseysey, misseise, mysaye, myssayse, missays, meseis, misaise, myssese

Etymology

From Old French mesaise, from mes- (“mis-”) + aise (“ease”). Equivalent to mys- +‎ ease, ese.

Noun

myssease (plural mysseases)

1. 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.

     I did to him no displeasure - and God knows I am full sorry for his maledy and his misease.

Adjective

myssease

1. suffering; in pain; wretched

Descendants

• English: misease

References

• “misēse, n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “misēse, adj..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.