Middle English Dictionary Entry
vī̆sūre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vī̆sūre n. |
| Etymology | Perh. from vīs n.(2); also cp. ML vīsūra view. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. visage n.
1.
A human face.
Associated quotations
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)14608 : Alle the leches…Hadde Achilles In that cure To hele his woundes & his visure.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)279 : Godd hym selfe dydd trace The lynyamentys of hir fayre vysure.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)706 : Goddess most souereyn They clepid hir, and…in Athenys rychely thei dyd ordeyn The grettest temple, that men toforn had seyn, With an ymage of hirr shape and vysure.