Mischieve
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To destroy. obsolete
- 2 To damage, do harm to; to injure. Scotland
"thenne sire Tristram wold make no lenger delayes but lasshed at sir Lamorak / & thus they foughte longe /[…]/ Thenne sir Tristram seid to sir Lamorak in alle my lyf mette I neuer with suche a knyght that was soo bygge and well brethed as ye be / therfore said syre Tristram hit were pyte / that ony of vs both shold here be meschyeued"
Example
More examples"thenne sire Tristram wold make no lenger delayes but lasshed at sir Lamorak / & thus they foughte longe /[…]/ Thenne sir Tristram seid to sir Lamorak in alle my lyf mette I neuer with suche a knyght that was soo bygge and well brethed as ye be / therfore said syre Tristram hit were pyte / that ony of vs both shold here be meschyeued"
Etymology
From Middle English myscheven, from Old French meschever, from mes- + chever.
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