How do you speak/write MOONRISE in French and Middle English?

"MOONRISE" in French is "LEVER DE LUNE." A good online example is the
translation of the title of this Charles Daubigny etching:

Art of the Print: Lever de Lune
http://artoftheprint.com/artistpages/daubigny_charles_francois_leverdelune.htm

You'll find hundreds of citations of "lever de lune" by doing a Google
search of pages written in the French language:

Google Web Search, French: "lever de lune"
://www.google.com/search?lr=lang_fr&cr=&q=%22lever+de+lune

According to the Oxford English Dictionary (Unabridged,) the English
word "MOONRISE" first appeared in print in 1723. Middle English was in
use roughly from the twelfth century through the fifteenth century. In
the Middle English of Geoffrey Chaucer's day, "MOONRISE" would have
been "RYSYG OF THE MONE." Since there were no "rules" of spelling at
this time, the spelling of Middle English words varies greatly, even
within the works of one author; "rising" is also found as "rysing,"
"reysing," and "ryseng," as well as other variant spellings. As a
citation of the use of "rysyng," here is an excerpt from John
Lydgate's "Troy Book," written between 1412 and 1420:

"This to seyne, aftir the dawenyng / Whan Titan was in the est rysyng"

In Middle English, "moon" was occasionally spelled "mon," as well as
"mone," "moone," and "mowne." Chaucer uses "mone" in "The House of
Fame":

"Some to wexe and wane sone /  As dooth the faire, whyte mone"

The Online Medieval & Classical Library: The House of Fame
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Houseoffame/

Chaucer's "The Legend of Dido" also uses the spelling "mone," and
refers to the rising of the moon with the phrase "the mone up reysed":

"Thus I begynne: it fil upon a nyght,   
Whan that the mone up reysed hadde his lyght,   
This noble queene unto hire reste wente." 

University of Washington: The Legend of Dido
http://courses.washington.edu/hum523/dido/dido.html

My Google search strategy:

"lever de lune" + "moonrise"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22lever+de+lune

"rysyng"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=rysyng

"mone" + "chaucer"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=mone+chaucer

Thanks for asking an interesting question! I knew my coursework on
Chaucer would come in handy some day. ;-)

If anything I've said is unclear, or if any of the links do not
function, please do not hesitate to ask for clarification.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 21 Sep 2002 12:43 PDT

I am sorry; there is a typographical error in my answer.

Where I typed this -

In the Middle English of Geoffrey Chaucer's day, "MOONRISE" would have
been "RYSYG OF THE MONE." 

I should have typed this -

In the Middle English of Geoffrey Chaucer's day, "MOONRISE" would have
been "RYSYNG OF THE MONE." 

Please forgive my deficient typing!

~pinkfreud

Plus at least 5 more stars. Absolutely splendid answer/revelations and
a challenge to make queries equal to it. Many thanks.