male engyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• male engyn

Noun

male engyne (uncountable)

1. deceit, trickery
   • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum quintum”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XVIII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 367, recto; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 733, lines 15–16:

     for I dar ſaye / for good loue ſhe bad vs to dyner / and not for no male engyne /

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Descendants

• English: malengine

References

• “malenǧīn(e, n. & phr.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.