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mesfaisance (1212)
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mesfaisance (1212)

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mesfeisance,  mesfesaunce;  meffesaunce, 
(pl. mesfesauntz  BOZ Serm 88.20,  méfesaunz  HENLEY2 268.c16)  
  FEW:  facere 3,348b Gdf:  mesfaisance 5,282c GdfC: ∅ TL: mesfaisance 5,1634 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  méfaisance  TLF: ∅ OED:  misfeasance n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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misfeasance, evil act: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Molt par es ors nices e veins Quant mise as si grant mesfeisance Tant soudement en obliance  Dial Greg SATF 5899
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1300 )  de cele grant mesfesaunce Deveit mort estre la vengance  Dial Jul 515
( 1334 )  q'ils soient punys solonc lour meffesaunce q'ils ont fait as ditz marchauntz  Rot Parl1 ii 74

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See also:

faisance  malfaisance  mesfaçun  mesfaire  mesfaisour  mesfaisure  mesfait1  mesfaitour 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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