pusell
Middle English
Noun
pusell
- A girl, a maiden; a virgin
- 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
- ‘Be ye a pusell or a wyff?’ ‘Sir,’ she seyde, ‘I am a clene maydyn.’
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