misease
AmericanEtymology
Origin of misease
1150–1200; Middle English misese < Old French mesaise. See mis- 1, ease
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Land of misease, because there be three manner of defaults against three things that folk of this world have in this present life; that is to say, honours, delights, and riches.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
Launfal lay in great misease, because of his heavy thoughts, and the discomfort of his bed.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
Wheaten flour boiled in milk and applied while warm hath been known to work wonders for such misease.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison
But after a while Ralph said: "If it were no misease to thee to tell me how thou didst fall into the hands of the men of Utterbol, I were fain to hear the tale."
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris
He called to his table such good knights as were in misease, by reason of prison or of war.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
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