meschief
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Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]meschief
- Alternative form of myschef
Middle French
[edit]Noun
[edit]meschief m (plural meschiefs)
- harm; damage
- c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
- Si vous vault mieulx deporter que faire chose ou vous soiez en peril de recepvoir si grant dammaige et meschief.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]meschief oblique singular, m (oblique plural meschiés, nominative singular meschiés, nominative plural meschief)
- misfortune; mishap
- evil deed, wrong