Middle English Dictionary Entry
discǒmfortāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | discǒmfortāble adj. Also -countfortable. Pl. disconfortables. |
| Etymology | OF desconfortable |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Disheartening, distressing; (b) destroying, making desolate.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500(1413) ?Hoccl.Poems PS (Eg 615)p.xlv/271 : It is to me but all discountfortable To se myn herte attached the vpon.
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)119.4 : Sharpe arwen of þe miȝtful wyþ coles disconfortables [L desolatoriis].