persely – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of persely

Noun: persely

Sg.

persely

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

Of many a pilgrim hastow Cristes curs,
For of thy persly yet they fare the wors,
That they han eten with thy stubbel-goos; (Of many a pilgrim hast thou Christ's curse,

For of thy parsley yet they fare the worse,

Which they have eaten with thy stubble-fed goose;

For in thy shop is many a fly loose.) [late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Cook's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 4349-4352]

Nouns inflected like persely

syment, cristened, savete, savyne, sandal, whelere, scuage, scluse, sclise, sclave, schyft, schuit, schite, schort, schold, schern, smothe, smethe, smerte, slutte, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old French peresil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon). See: Latin Nouns 'petroselīnum'.

Verbs referencing "persely"

English Nouns parsley.

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