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messeer (s.xiii3/3)

messeer (s.xiii3/3)


p.pr. messeant,  messeaunt  
  FEW:  sedere 11,395b Gdf:  messeant 5,303c GdfC:  messeoir 10,147a TL: messëoir 5,1685 / messëoir (messëant) 5,1686 DEAF: DMF:  messeoir  / messéant  TLF:  messoir  / messéant  OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.intrans.

to sit down in the wrong place
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin )  Sy tot cum l'enfes seit aler, De tay se vut enpaluer Pur mayn e peril de blessure Garce ou garzoun le deit sure Ke il ne ceste ne ne chece, En la bouhe ne messece (M.E. missette)  BIBB ROTH (T) 20

p.pr. as a.

unseemly, inappropriate
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xivm )  le Roi lui resona et reprova des plusours choses messeantes  (ed. messeantest), c'est assavoir de simonie de Romains  Rich I 10.10

p.pr. as s.

misfit, rebel (?)
( c.1300 )  seiwent le mesfesaunt desques (var. savant le messeaunt deques) a taunt qe yl seit pris  Oak Book i 56 (var.)

[gdw]

See also:

malseant  mesasseer  seer1 
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