meselry
Middle English
Alternative forms
- meselrie
Noun
meselry
- leprosy
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 42, line 625:
- Now if he repreve him by harm of peyne, thanne turneth the repreve to Iesu Crist; for peyne is sent by the rightwys sonde of god, and by his suffrance, be it meselrie, or maheym, or maladye.
- Now if he reprove him for harm of pain, then the reproof turns to Jesus Christ, for pain is sent by the righteous dispensation of God, and by his permission, be it leprosy, or bodily injury, or illness.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 42, line 625:
References
- “meselry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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