Middle English Dictionary Entry
nāsẹ̄ adj.
Entry Info
Forms | nāsẹ̄ adj. |
Etymology | AF; cp. ML nāsātus big-nosed. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Iron. Having a nose or a big nose; i.e., having no nose or a mutilated one.
Associated quotations
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.168 : He kept vp a trencheour & kast it at Statin, did him a schamfulle schoure. His nese & his ine he carf at misauentoure..þei caled him þis toname, Statin þe nasee [rime: suld be; F le Naes, vr. le nase].