meslee
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Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
meslee f (plural meslees)
- battle; fight; confrontation (medieval confrontation)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- meslee on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French[edit]
Verb[edit]
meslee f
- feminine singular of the past participle of mesler
Noun[edit]
meslee oblique singular, f (oblique plural meslees, nominative singular meslee, nominative plural meslees)
- Alternative form of medlee
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Trop avons fet grant reposee,
Recomançomes la meslee!- We have rested too much
Let's restart the battle!
- We have rested too much
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