Middle English Dictionary Entry
povertnesse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | povertnesse n. |
| Etymology | From povert , var. of povertẹ̄ n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Poverty, indigence.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Let.Leyot in Nash Hist.Wor.(1781)1.421 : I..compleyn me that yee liste not lete me yn the noumbre of youre other servants be privey to siche matiers as my povertnesse might doo any maner of pleisir to youre good..lordship.