Definition of "Grissel"

Grissel

proper noun
1. A female given name from the Germanic languages; a medieval variant of Griselda, rare today.
  Quotations
  For patience she will prove a second Grissel.
  c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i]