caitiff

raukkamainen

raukka A base or despicable person; a wretch
puhekieltä a captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave
puhekieltä a villain, a coward or wretch
Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Knight's Tale", The Canterbury Tales

For, certes, lord, þer is noon of us alle / Þat she ne haþ been a duchesse or a queene. / Now be we caytyves, as it is wel seene, / Þanked be Fortune and hire false wheel

‘There are plenty of Huns who have defected to the Romans, seeking gold and a quiet life. One of my first tasks as paramount chief is to bring those caitiffs back and crucify them.’

Beshrew those caitiff scouts that conspired to sully his honest name by such an imputation!

Commingled are they with that caitiff choir

: Of Angels, who have not rebellious been,

: Nor faithful were to God, but were for self.

Is Honor gone into his grave?

Hath Faith become a caitiff knave,

And Selfhood turned into a slave

: To work in Mammon’s cave,

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