† mafeyint.

Forms: Middle English mafa, Middle English ma fay, Middle English mafay, Middle English mafey, Middle English maffay, Middle English maffeith, Middle English maffeyth, Middle English maifay, Middle English mayfay.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ma fei.

Etymology: < Old French ma fei ( > French ma foi ma foi int.) < ma (feminine) my + fei faith (see fay n.¹). Compare ma foi int.

Obsolete.

‘By my faith!’ (as an asseveration); = par ma fay int.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to faith

par ma fay?a1300

by, upon my (etc.) fayc1300

by one's faitha1375

mafeyc1400

ma foic1400

by the faith of one's body (also love)1421

by my law1477

by my vusse1608

i'fegs1612

i'vads1675

haith1725

my certie1814

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1495 (MED) ‘Ma fay,’ quoþ þe mere wyf, ‘ȝe may not be werned.’

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 52 ‘Mafay,’ thoughte he, ‘thus wol I say.’

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 319/2 Mafey, othe [?a1475 Winch. maffeyth)], medius fidius.

a1450 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 75 A, Jak, mafey, me merveilith moche of thin lewidheed.

a1450 (?c1350) Pride of Life l. 451 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 104 Nou, mafay [MS maifay], hit schal be sene.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3283 Maffeith! your lif stood þere in iupartie.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 275 Ma-fay, I tell his lyfe is lorne.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	mafey
释义	† mafeyint. Forms: Middle English mafa, Middle English ma fay, Middle English mafay, Middle English mafey, Middle English maffay, Middle English maffeith, Middle English maffeyth, Middle English maifay, Middle English mayfay. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ma fei. Etymology: < Old French ma fei ( > French ma foi ma foi int.) < ma (feminine) my + fei faith (see fay n.¹). Compare ma foi int. Obsolete. ‘By my faith!’ (as an asseveration); = par ma fay int. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to faith par ma fay?a1300 by, upon my (etc.) fayc1300 by one's faitha1375 mafeyc1400 ma foic1400 by the faith of one's body (also love)1421 by my law1477 by my vusse1608 i'fegs1612 i'vads1675 haith1725 my certie1814 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1495 (MED) ‘Ma fay,’ quoþ þe mere wyf, ‘ȝe may not be werned.’ a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 52 ‘Mafay,’ thoughte he, ‘thus wol I say.’ Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 319/2 Mafey, othe [?a1475 Winch. maffeyth)], medius fidius. a1450 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 75 A, Jak, mafey, me merveilith moche of thin lewidheed. a1450 (?c1350) Pride of Life l. 451 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 104 Nou, mafay [MS maifay], hit schal be sene. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3283 Maffeith! your lif stood þere in iupartie. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 275 Ma-fay, I tell his lyfe is lorne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < int.c1400
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