souef

souef

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French soef, from Latin suāvis.

Adjective

souef

  1. sweet, pleasant
    • 1561, Hypnerotomachie, folio 26v:
      […] de laquelle ces Nymphes mes conduyctrices mirẽt quelque peu en ce vaſe, & par deſſus aucunes gommes & bois odorant, dont ce fit vn parfum beaucoup plꝰ ſouef que celuy d’oyſeletz de Cypre.
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  2. gentle

Further reading

  • souef on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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