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malcontent (1399)
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malcontent (1399)

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  FEW:  contentus 2/ii,1104b Gdf:  malcontent 5,111b GdfC:  malcontent 10,110c TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  malcontent  TLF:  malcontent  OED:  malcontent n.1 and adj.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  malecontentus 1692a

a.

emotiondiscontented, unhappy: 
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 )  nostre dit frere de li est mal contentz  Lett & Pet 347.10
estre a malcontent
emotionto be upset: 
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  nous sumez a mal content q’ascun de noz servantz ferroit trespas […]  Lett & Pet 315.8

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See also:

content3  mal1  tresmalcontent 
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