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perfay, int. arch.|pəˈfeɪ|
Forms: α. 4–5 parfay, 4 parfai, par-fai, 5 par-fay, -fey, parfey(e, -faie. β. 5–6 per fey, 5 perfey(e, 4–6, 9 arch. perfay.
[ME. a. OF. par fei, AF. also par fai, fay, f. par by (par prep. 1) + OF. feid, feit, fei, mod.F. foi:—L. fid-em faith.]
By (my) faith; verily, truly: cf. fay n.1 6 b. (Obs. in ordinary use since 16th c., but revived by some modern poets.)
a1300Cursor M. 298 (Cott.) Þe erth it has na sun parfai [G. parfay, F. perfay, Tr. perfey]. Ibid. 597 Parfay [v. rr. parfai, forsoþe] þat es bot eth to rede. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 39 The land vj ȝer, and mayr perfay, Lay desolat eftyr hys day. c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 495 Som maner confort shal I haue parfay. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 7838 Þai Did mare harme þan gude parfay. a1550Image Hypocr. iii. 408 And then, my lordes, perfay..Not all your gold so gay..Shall serve youe to delaye. 1570Levins Manip. 196/47 Parfay, medius fideus. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 15 She had task't hersel, perfay, To work before a certain day A pair o' stockins. 1865Swinburne Poems & Ball. Ser. i. Masque Q. Bersabe 117 This knave hath sharp fingers perfay. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 338 Perfay all goeth more than right. |