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meshaing

meshaing

Middle French

Noun

meshaing m (plural meshaings)

  1. chaos; mayhem

Old French

Alternative forms

  • mahain
  • mahaing
  • mehain
  • mehaing
  • meshain

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *gamaidiją

Noun

meshaing m (oblique plural meshainz, nominative singular meshainz, nominative plural meshaing)

  1. mutilation; mayhem; loss of limb
  2. injury
  3. destruction; annihilation; damage; harm

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Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (meshain)