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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Mes-], prefix; mis-; mys-.—OF. mes-; Lat. minus, see Constans.

[ Mesauentur], sb. misadventure, S; mesaunture, S2; misauenture, C2, C3.

[ Meschaunce], sb. mischance, S2, C, C2, P; myschaunce, S2.

[ Mescheuen], v. to come to mischief, SD; mischeefe, destruere, Manip.

[ Meschief], sb. ill-fortune, C; myschief, S2, P; mischiefe, flagitium, Manip.

[ Meseise], sb. discomfort, PP, S2; miseise, PP; myseise, PP, S2, W; myseese, W; myseyse, adj., uneasy, P; mesaise, sb., S.

[ Meseiste], sb. poverty; myseiste, W2.

[ Mesel], sb. leper, CM, PP, W.—AF. mesel; Late Lat. misellus, leper (Ducange), dimin. of Lat. miser, wretched.

[ Meselrye], sb. leprosy, Cath. (n); mesylery, Voc.—OF. mesellerie, leprosy (Ducange). See above.

[ Meson-deu], sb. hospital, PP; maisondewe, Cath. (n), HD; masyndewe, Cath.; mesondieux, pl., P.—OF. maison Dieu, hospital (Cotg.).