spousaille
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]spousaille
- spousal: marriage; nuptials; espousal
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Clerkys] Tale [of Oxenford]”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 175, recto, lines 8 and 10:
- Boweth ẏoure nekke / vnder that bliſful yok / […] Which that men clepe / spouſaille / or wedlok /
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