Middle English Dictionary Entry
disēsī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | disēsī adj. |
| Etymology | From disēse n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fraught with discomfort or hardship; troublesome, annoying, difficult; (b) uneasy, anxious; (c) painful, irritating; (d) affected with disease, ill.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.111 : Canute wente unto Denmark..aȝenst þe Wandales, þat war disesy [L infestos] unto hym.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)155b/a : The science of domez is disesy [*Ch.(2): ful of angre; L anxionalis] and douteful.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)82/34 : Auripigment is..more disesy for to grynde for his þredinez.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)37 : Sche taried not..for the longe and disesy way, but anone with haste sche wente.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)14.867 : The Nyht drowgh On ful faste..Whiche was ful deseysy to Eualachs Men.
- c1450 WBible(2) (Bod 277)Prov.15.15 : Disesy [Roy: Alle the daies of a pore man ben yuele].
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)22 : Strait and disesy is þe wey þat ledith to life.
b
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)249 : He sayde a masse..Where fell a caas of stoynyng & of tene, Vn-to him eke ful disesy in thoute.
- a1475 Heart & Eye(3) (Lngl 258)182 : Well I wote I was ful disease; Me to disport I had but smal talent.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)69b/b : Of drawing out of þingez infixed, þat it be lesse moleste i. disesy [*Ch.(2): noyous; L molesta].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)132b/b : Couȝhing or sternutacioun or reume or vomite, or any disesy [*Ch.(2): grevouse; L molestam] infirmite.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)164b/b : & nedeþ tedious i. disesy [*Ch.(2): irkesom; L tediosa], ligature.
d
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)54.19 : Vnnethis for Syknesse Myhte he go..Al deseysy & ful Syk he wente.