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Middle English
Noun
traitorie
- 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!