Middle English Dictionary Entry
mīse n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | mīse n.(2) |
| Etymology | ML micae |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A crumb or crumbs; ~ of bred, the crumb of bread, breadcrumbs.
Associated quotations
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)74a : Y-sodde in water wiþ myys of brede and a frute that is callid malacidonia, hit doþe a-way þe sekenys of the empatyk.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)339 : Myse, or mysys: Mice.