miserable, unhappy
→
leper
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Old French | |
lexeme | mesel | |
meaning 1 | unhappy, miserable | ces meseaulx belistriens these miserable beggars |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | leper | son seigneur et mari qui estoit devenu mesel her master and husband who had become leper |
reference | DMF | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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type | Borrowing | |
language 1 | Old French | |
language 2 | Italian | |
lexeme 1 | mesel | |
lexeme 2 | miṡèllo | |
meaning 1 | miserable, unhappy | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | leper | |
reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
comment |