A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Derue], adj. bold, S; derure, comp. more severe, S; see [Derf].

[ Deruen], v. to afflict, S. See [Derf], sb.

Des-; see Dis-.

[ Desaly, Desselic], adv. foolishly, S2; see [Dusiliche].

[ Desarayen], v. reflex. to fall into disorder, S2.—OF. desarroyer.

[ Desauauntage], sb. disadvantage, S2; disauauntage, MD; disadvauntages, pl., MD.—OF. desavantage.

[ Descenden], v. to go down, SkD.—AF. descendre; Lat. descendere.

[ Descensorie], sb. vessel used for extracting oil per descensum, C3.

[ Descriuen], v. to describe, MD; descryue, S3; descryfe, S2; discryue, S2, S3, C2; discreue, S2; discriued, pp., S2; discryued, W.—OF. descrivre (pr. p. descrivant; Lat. describere.

Deserited; see [Disheriten].