Meaning of mischieve | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To destroy.
   obsolete
2. To damage, do harm to; to injure.
   Scotland

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”

“I have⟳ read⟳ of Augustine, that once by wandring out of his way, he escaped one who lay⟳ in wait⟳ to mischieve him;”

“[…] ſo when the two Ladders were taken down, no Man living could come⟳ down to me without miſchieving himſelf; […]”

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