sowdanesse
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
sowdanesse
- sultaness
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 372-373:
- This sowdanesse, whom I thus blame and warie,
Leet prively hir conseil goon hir way.- This Sultaness, whom I thus blame and curse,
Privately had her council go their way.
- This Sultaness, whom I thus blame and curse,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 372-373:
References[edit]
- “sowdanesse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.