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theol.scoundrel, evil-doer (in reference to the Devil):
(
s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1
)
Vint par son seint cors rachater De l'enfernal dampnaciun [...] U nus out trait li malfelun Par sa male sediciun
S Edm PassANTS 15
(
c.1240; MS: c.1300
)
E si li dist, oiez coment, Le terreitere (l. treitre?), le malfolun pulent
Mir N-D 99.44
(
c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex
)
Trop est cil malfeloun deceu Q’ensi desrobbe maison Dieu Et de ses biens fait le descrés
GOWERMirour 7165
malfelun (s.xiiiin)