- perfay
- perfay /pər-fāˈ/ (archaic)interjectionBy my faithORIGIN: OFr par fei
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
enough is as good as a feast — c 1375 J. BARBOUR Bruce (EETS) XIV. 363 He maid thame na gud fest, perfay [truly], And nocht for thi [nevertheless] yneuch had thai. c 1470 MALORY Morte d’Arthur (1967) I. 246 Inowghe is as good as a feste. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II … Proverbs new dictionary
parfay — see perfay … Useful english dictionary