mescreantise (1256)

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

mescreantise (1256)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: 2/ii,1302b credere; Gdf: 5,276a mescreandise; GdfC: ; TL: 5,1603 mescrëandise; DEAF: ; DMF:  mécréandise; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
mescreandise,  mescreaundise,  mescreauntise  

s.

1theol.paganunchristian, heathen belief
( 1256; MS: c.1300 )  si verrez al kalender Les jours les egypciens nomer, Kar la gent egypciene Ces jors de lur sanc demeine Al diable firent sacrifise, E pur lur mescreantise Ces jors lessums deseingner, Ke a eus ne volum resembler  704
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  par deable e sen del munde en Seinte Iglise, E par malace de gent neessent mescreaundises E tutes maners de pechez ke sunt en terre  3144
mescreable  mescreance  mescreancie  mescreant  mescreire 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
mescreantise