Griselda

English Alternative forms en Grissel Grizel Grizzel Etymology From the en ang - elements ang *grīs hild gray battle 1, meaning “gray battle-maid”. en Proper noun The long-suffering wife of a nobleman in a medieval tale. en female Germanic languages used in Middle Ages, but rather rare today. Noun A woman of exemplary gentleness and patience. en w:Geoffrey Chaucer w:Nevill Coghill The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English w:Penguin Classics w:Penguin Books 1951 1977 Chaucer's Envoy to the Clerk's Tale Husbands, be not so hardy as to assailThe patience of your wives in hope to findGriseldas, for you certainly will fail. Derived terms en Zelda Anagrams en adegilrs glaresid en eponyms Albanian Proper noun f sq female Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun f es female