traitorie

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Middle English

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Noun

traitorie

  1. treachery
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 778-781:
      O Donegild, I ne have noon English digne
      Un-to thy malice and thy tirannye!
      And therfor to the feend I thee resigne,
      Let him endyten of thy traitorye!
      O Donegild, I do not have any English suitable (to describe)
      Unto thy malice and thy tyranny!
      And therefore to the fiend I thee consign,
      Let him write about thy treachery!