An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/maledeien

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, M (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
maledeien
Friedrich Kluge2512125An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, M — maledeien1891John Francis Davis

maledeien, vermaledeien, vb., from the equiv. MidHG. vermaledîen, later also maledîen, ‘to curse’; from Lat. maledicere, whence also Fr. maudire, Ital. maledire.