Citations:fyendly

Middle English citations of fyendly

• 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XI (in Middle English):

  Soo whanne sir Laūcelot came thydder / he sawe wryten vpon the tombe letters of gold that said thus / Here shalle come a lybard of kynges blood / and he shalle slee this serpent / […] / Soo thenne sir launcelot lyfte vp the tombe / and there came out an horryble & a fyendly dragon spyttynge fyre oute of his mouthe

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