Middle English Dictionary Entry
falsetẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | falsetẹ̄ n. Also falste. |
| Etymology | OF falseté, L falsitās. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Deceitfulness, treachery, dishonesty; a deceitful, treacherous, or dishonest act; (b) untrue statement, doctrine, or belief; an erroneous belief.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)101 : Þat ne shal neuere be, Þat I shal don selk falsete.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.247 : With wrong alle it cam, with gile salle gyuen be, Dilexit Sir Adam gilerie & falste.
- c1400(?c1280) SLeg.OTHist.(LdMisc 622)98/50* : Þou hast þe riȝth weye & þe oþere þe falste.
- (1414) RParl.4.58b : These grete mischiefs and falsetes so done to hise fre tenementz of his Coroune.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2047 : These felouns, full of falsite, Have many sithes biguyled me.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)123 : Flaterye j am cleped bi my name, tresouns cosyn, eldere douhter to falsetee.
b
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)2 Cor.4.2 : Not..auowtriande þe woord of god þurgh mengyng of falste.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)47/55 : Heretikes and maintaynours of falsites.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.414 : The frowarde heretykes..Hauyng no shame of theyr peruersyte, Nor chaunge hewe for theyr falsyte.