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malfaire (1160-74)
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malfaire (1160-74)

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malfair,  malfeire,  malfere,  malefair,  malefaire,  maufaire,  maufayre,  maufere  (mafere  Lum Lais ANTS 2289 var.)  
  FEW:  facere 3,351b Gdf:  malfaire 5,118c GdfC: ∅ TL: maufaire 5,1285 DEAF:  faire (*maufaire)  DMF:  malfaire  TLF:  malfaire  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  malefacere 1692c

v.trans.

to harm, injure: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  tant est plesant cel viaire Que la mort ne nous poet maufaire  Ross ANTS 2692
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  De moy maufayre n’ount power  Art Love 803
( c.1365 )  se estranges nefs sont [...] robbees et malfaitz  Blk Bk Adm 46

v.intrans.

to do wrong: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Pelerins sumes, ne devum Moveir medlee ne tençun; Mal fait ki medlee cumence  Rom de Rou wace i 273.3029
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  A nul feor ne se pout retrer, Tant se delita en malfere  Mir N-D 265.43
( 1284 )  Pierres de Gavaston ad malmené nostre seignur le Roi et l'ad enticé a malfair  Stats i 62
( 1291 )  ceux qe sunt communs mesfesours et qe sovent sunt acustumez de maufere  Bor Cust i 83

sbst. inf.

theol.wickedness: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  par tant, bien le saciez, Tut lur malfere eschiverez  Secr abernun 859

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See also:

faire1  mal1  malefacion  malfaisant  malfaiseur  malfaisure  malfait  malfaitur 
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