myscheven
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French meschever; equivalent to myschef + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]myscheven
- To hurt, endanger, or injure someone (physically or otherwise)
- To destruct or vanquish; to afflict sorrow on someone.
- To end or finish negatively; to be ruined or ended.
- (rare) To decline; to become sick or ill.
- (rare) To make a mistake; to make a bad decision.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of myscheven (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “mischẹ̄ven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-04.
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