Middle English Dictionary Entry
deffūse n.
Entry Info
Forms | deffūse n. |
Etymology | OF defois, with Northern adaptation of OF ọ̄i; see Jordan Me.Gram. 211-2. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Forbidding, prohibition.
Associated quotations
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)256 : I was abaischite, be oure Lorde, of oure beste bernes, Fore gret dule of deffuse of dedez of armes.