oissor

Old French

Alternative forms

• oissour, uissor, usor

Etymology

From Latin uxor (“wife, spouse, consort”).

Noun

oissor oblique singular, f (oblique plural oissors, nominative singular oissors, nominative plural oissor)

1. wife, spouse
   • 11th century, Floire et Blancheflor, first verse, line 2457:

     Eu li avoie tele amor
     Qu'en voloie faire m'oissor.

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Synonyms

• (wife): espose

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “wife”): espos

Descendants

• Middle French: oisour (early)