misgive

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Right early did my mind misgive me," said Brusi, "even so soon as I heard of thee, that I should have trouble from thee: and now has that come to pass.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

There, sit down, my dear, and don't look so eager, as if you wanted to eat me, or my mind may misgive me, and then I couldn't tell you, a'ter all.

From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore

If, in that moment, your heart should misgive you, if one faultering accent belie the sentiments you have so generously avowed for me, what, ah, what! may be the consequence?

From Damon and Delia A Tale by Godwin, William

Did you mean to put me to a last test?—or did your hard little heart misgive you at the last moment?

From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

I am but a blind thing, Dame Maude; yet this match of the Lady Custance doth sorely misgive me.”

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah