Middle English Dictionary Entry
grīsel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | grīsel n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A gray-haired old man; also, a gray horse.
Associated quotations
- (1347) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.9 : [The king's palfrey called] Grisel Pomele.
- (c1349) in Beltz Garter383 : I palefr' voc' Grisel Petit Watte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2407 : That olde grisel is no fole.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)401 : Þis olde dotyd Grisel holte him wyse.
- c1450(c1393) Chaucer Scog.(Benson-Robinson)35 : Lo, olde Grisel lyste to ryme and playe!