to finish (successfully), bring to a (successful) conclusion:
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: c.1300
)
Si jo le livere puis parfere E a bon chief peusse trere
90
(
c.1240;
MS: c.1300
)
Ne li chaleit pur queu bosoine Menast a chef sun fol desir
84.9
(
s.xiii;
MS: 1330-40
)
Nul homme puet a chief trere, Taunt ad en femme mal affere
ii 223
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
cil
(=s’il) enpreignent a fere cure q’il ne sievent a bon chief mettre […]
137
(
s.xiv;
MS: s.xiv
)
femme set plus ke deable: [...] Eles sevent bien a chief traire
48