All 6 Uses of
beguile
in
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II
- Then they all looked upon Sir Launcelot and said: Ye have beguiled us with your covered shield.†
Book 10 *beguiled = deceived through charm or enchantment
- Well, said King Mark, yet shall he be beguiled.†
Book 10
- All these words said Palomides for to beguile Sir Tristram.†
Book 10
- Now, said Sir Gawaine, we have been served this day of what meats and drinks we thought on; but one thing beguiled us, we might not see the Holy Grail, it was so preciously covered.†
Book 13beguiled = deceived through charm or enchantment
- And by the white bird might men understand the fiend, and I shall tell you how the swan is white without-forth, and black within: it is hypocrisy which is without yellow or pale, and seemeth without-forth the servants of Jesu Christ, but they be within so horrible of filth and sin, and beguile the world evil.†
Book 16
- Then when Sir Mordred wist and understood how he was beguiled, he was passing wroth out of measure.†
Book 21beguiled = deceived through charm or enchantment
Definition:
to charm, enchant, or entertain someone; or to deceive -- especially through charm