Griselda

English

Etymology

From Germanic gris (“gray”) +‎ hild (“battle”), meaning "gray battle-maid".

Proper noun

Griselda

  1. The long-suffering wife of a nobleman in a medieval tale.
  2. A female given name used in Middle Ages, but rather rare today.

Noun

Griselda (plural Griseldas)

  1. A woman of exemplary gentleness and patience.
    • 1951 translation by Nevill Coghill of: 13?? Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: Chaucer's Envoy to the Clerk's Tale:
      Husbands, be not so hardy as to assail
      The patience of your wives in hope to find
      Griseldas, for you certainly will fail.

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