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(
1171-74; MS: c.1200
)
Par mesestance fort S'aie li failli; mult ot petit comfort
Becket1 232
(
s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin
)
Si li rois eust baillee son cher fiz a un son chivaler a gardier, et mestaissance menast avant cest enfant [...] issi qe li enfant meismes guerriast son piere [...] ne sereit cel chevaler mult dolent et grant hounte en avereit
Ancren1 221.7
2suffering, plight:
(
s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4
)(no man alive could) acunter La mesestanse ne l’encumbrer Ke les seinz Deu pur lui suffrirent, De cors, de quer
Set DormANTS 200
♦misery, sorry state:
(
s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2
)
Ore veum l'ordre de cest dit E la grace del paraclit. Primes tuche la mesestance Del pecché e la mustrance
Mirur3 8611
mesestance (1171-74)