"meselry" meaning in Middle English

See meselry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: meselrie [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} meselry
  1. leprosy
    Sense id: en-meselry-enm-noun-p6I9MhVs Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "english": "Now if he reprove him for harm of pain, then the reproof turns to Jesus Christ, for pain is sent by the righteous dispensation of God, and by his permission, be it leprosy, or bodily injury, or illness.",
          "roman": "Now if he repreve him by harm of peyne, thanne turneth the repreve to Iesu Crist; for peyne is sent by the rightwys sonde of god, and by his suffrance, be it meselrie, or maheym, or maladye.",
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