† lissn.
Obsolete.
1. Remission, release; mitigation, abatement; hence, cessation, end.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun]
lissc1000
ceasec1330
stintc1330
stinting1338
ceasinga1340
discontinuancea1398
cessationa1400
leaving-off?a1425
surceasingc1435
disusage1475
stop1483
staying1546
discontinuation1572
discontinuing1582
surcease1590
stintance1605
cessure1607
desisting1607
avocationa1617
desistance1632
sistencea1639
surceasementa1641
supersession1648
dispractice1673
breaking-off1683
estoppage1701
cess1703
cesser1809
shutdown1857
stoppage1865
shut-off1889
sign-off1919
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe
lissc1000
remissionc1425
abatement1433
swagingc1440
remittinga1475
slacking1542
remissness1551
subsiding1607
slackening1611
relaxation1614
relentment1628
rebatement1701
relaxing1734
c1000 Credo (Gr.) 54 Remissionem peccatorum. Lisse ic gelyfe leahtra gehwylces.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 145 Song wið-uten lisse.
c1200 Moral Ode 239 in Trin. Coll. Hom. Eiðer doð hem wo inoh, nabbeð hie none lisse.
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 220 Ther sawe I Ioues venus kysse And graunted was of the tempest lysse.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 200 Loue is lech of lyue and lysse of alle peyne.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 530 What for his labour and his hope of blisse His woful herte of penaunce hadde a lisse.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail li. l. 310 Of his peynes he myhte hauen non lys.
1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Liss, remission or abatement, especially of any acute disease.
2. Tranquillity, peace, rest; joy, delight.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [noun]
lissOE
carelessnessc1000
restOE
peacea1225
ease?c1225
bielda1300
quietc1330
heartseasea1393
suretya1413
securitya1425
secureness1550
serenity1599
assecurance1616
euthymy1623
sereneness1628
levitya1631
repose1652
untroublednessa1660
serenitude1672
serene1744
securance1849
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun]
merrinesseOE
gladnessc900
mirtheOE
playeOE
dreamOE
gladshipc975
lissOE
willOE
hightOE
blithenessc1000
gladc1000
winOE
blissc1175
delices?c1225
delight?c1225
joy?c1225
comfortc1230
listc1275
gladhead1303
daintyc1325
fainnessc1340
lightnessa1350
delectationc1384
delightingc1390
comfortationa1400
fainheada1400
blithec1400
fainc1400
delicacyc1405
gladsomeness1413
reveriea1425
joyousitiea1450
joyfulnessc1485
jucundity1536
joyousness1549
joc1560
delightfulness1565
jouissance1579
joyance1590
levitya1631
revelling1826
chuckle1837
joyancy1849
a song in one's heart1862
delightsomeness1866
OE Phoenix 672 Hofað us alyfed lucis auctor þæt we motun her merueri, goddædum begietan gaudia in celo, þær we motun maxima regna secan ond gesittan sedibus altis, lifgan in lisse lucis et pacis.
a1023 Wulfstan Homilies 265 Þa eadigan ceaster~waran þær gefeoþ and wynsumiað on lisse and on blisse.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 15 Blisse and lisse ic sende uppon monnen þe me luuieð.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1629 Þat he mihte..libben on lisse [c1300 Otho ine blisse].
c1275 Sayings of Bede 34 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. 505 Þer-inne is reste and lisse.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 430 Bring me of þis wodenisse, & bring me in to sum lisse.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 51 Suete Iesu,..myn huerte loue, min huerte lisse.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 29 Lorde of lyf and of lyȝte of lysse and of peyne.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 315 Me ys leuere in this lif as a lorel beggen þan in lysse to lyue.
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