Middle English Dictionary Entry
missaue n.
Entry Info
| Forms | missaue n. Also missau, missagh, misau, misai, (early) missaȝe, missahe; pl. missaghes, missaes. |
| Etymology | From saue n.(2). Also cp. misseien v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of reviling or slandering; insult, slander; (b) desecration.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)66/16 : Aȝein misdede oðer mis sahe [Nero: mis sawe; Cleo: mis saȝe], lo her on ende þe beste remedie.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3436 : Herkeneþ to me..Of edwite & of missawe Þat ous is don.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)38.305/34 : And soone he mette wiþ his fo..And..wiþ mys sawe grimly him grette.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3494 : He..hys mysawe [vr. myssawe] wyl nat drede, Þat cumþ of mysprout herte.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14683 : For þine werkes gain þe lau And for þe luue o þi missau [Frf: missagh].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21474 : Al has þis curt herd þi misai [Frf: þe missay]..þou has missaid us in þin ire.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21490 : Þe Iuu was dempt..Þat..sli misau spak [Göt: missau make].
- a1400 12 PTrib.(1) (Roy 17.B.17)57 : Dauid wolde suffre þo myssawe of his enmye, þat he might gete þo beneson of god.
- a1425 Rolle FLiving (Arun 507)412 : Synnes of mouth..lesynge, missawe [Cmb: missaiyng], wariynge, [etc.].
- c1440(a1349) Rolle 10 Com.(Thrn)11/26 : Þay say to þam na wordes of myssawe..ne of displesance.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)19.3 : Menand make he vs of all trauails and wrangis and myssaghis and pynes that thou suffird for vs.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)275/568 : If thou be crist..Com downe emangys vs all, And thole not thies myssaes [rime: says].
b
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)778 : Ȝyf þou euere swore by oure lady..Hastly þe withdrawe; Vengaunce comþ for swych myssawe.