medietee

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from the Classical Latin medietās.

Noun

medietee

  1. a half
    • 1420–40?, an unknown translator of Palladius, On Husbondrie, book XI, § xlii, lines 288–9:
      The must decocte to his medietee // Or thridde parte thay caste to thaire wyne.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • English: mediety

References

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