Old French

Noun

destresse f ‎(oblique plural destresses, nominative singular destresse, nominative plural destresses)

1. Alternative form of destresce
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

     Ensi vesqui en sa jonesce.
     Asseiz ot anui et destresse

     This is how she lived during her youth
     She had a lot of misery and sadness