maligne

adj

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of malign.

   “He was a kyng, full worthy and condigne / That let not, for his eaſe nor his laboure / To ſearche and ſee defautes, that were maligne / And theim correcte, he was a gouernoure / God ſet neuer kyng, to be a ryotoure / To trippe on tapettes, and lyue in ydelneſſe / But for to rule, with all kyndes of buſyneſſe”

   “As who ſhuld ſay for ſuch maner of perſõs as do maligne ⁊ diſquiet honeſt ⁊ quiet mẽ which wold faine liue in reſt ⁊ cannot.”

   “Quoth th'other, haue thy ſtarres maligne been ſuch, / That their predominations ſvvay ſo much / Ouer the reſt, that vvith a milde aſpect / The Liues and loues of Shepherds doe affect?”

verb

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of malign.

   “For if that I ſpake it, in ſome audience, / Some men wolde maligne, and take it for offence.”

   “But if the heauens did his dayes enuie, / And my ſhort blis maligne, yet mote they well / Thus much afford me, ere that he did die / That the dim eies of my deare Marinell / I mote haue cloſed, and him bed farewell, / Sith other offices for mother meet / They would not graunt.”