dommaige
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Old French domaige, one of the variants of damage.
Noun
[edit]dommaige m (plural dommaiges)
- damage (harm done to an object or objects, or more rarely to a person)
- a shame, a pity
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 40:
- Car ce seroit trop grant dommaige que vous mouriciez mesmement en si vil lieu comme ceulx de ceans vous ont mis.
- It would be too much of a shame if you died in such a vile place such as the one that they've put you here in.
Descendants
[edit]- French: dommage