Scomfit

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    discomfiture obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To defeat, vanquish. obsolete

    "For now here was one knyȝt scomfyte x knyghtes"

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"For now here was one knyȝt scomfyte x knyghtes"

Etymology

Clipping of discomfit.

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