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malbaillir (c.1155)

malbaillir (c.1155)

malbaillyer,  malbayllir,  malbalyr,  maubaillir,  maubailir,  maubailyr, 
(p.p. malbaillé  Anc Test (B) 4849 mabaili  Ipom BFR 836 mailbailliz  Anc Test (B) 5892 malbailluz  Anc Test (C) 5892)  
  FEW:  bajulare 1,206b Gdf:  malbaillir 5,111a GdfC: TL: maubaillir 5,1278 DEAF: DMF:  maubaillir  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

1to mistreat
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Mut en fu la fame haie; Pois en dut estre maubailie  marie Lais 46.54
( c.1195; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  ert li prestre traiz e par la femme maubailliz qu’il ad pur sa fille tenu  Purg S Pat MARIE 2246
( 1343-50 )  les freres prechours se mistrent a le fuite pur ceo qe ils se doterent estre maubailiz et destrutz  Cron Lond1 54
2to damage, to ruin
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Tote la contree destruire e malbaillir  Rom Chev ANTS 1224
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Ke nus ne seium hui huniz, ne la terre malbaillie  FANT OUP 185
to wound, to harm
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Tuz les essent estikez, ocis e malbailli  FANT OUP 1178
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  'Allas!' dist Sabaoth, 'ore sui mal bailé'  Boeve 3444
( MS: s.xivin )  Ycelle usez pur frenesy Et quant les uues (l. unes?) sont maubaily Et par goute rosace affiebly  Phlebotomy 25

p.p. as a.

injured, harmed
( c.1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  IL se tint a mal bailli  Brut WACE 9264
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Par enchantement d’Auban e les charmes e diz Est la nostre creance e poples maubailliz  S Aub 886
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Mult i a de no [sic] gent mort et malbailye  Dest Rome1 533

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See also:

bailler  mal1  tresmalbailli 
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