Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
Misfortune, hardship, misery, wrongdoing, or harm.
Modern meaning
Playful trouble, nuisance, or light rule-breaking.
Research lens
The softening here is so strong that the older misery sense now feels almost inaccessible without historical help.
Meaning trail
Older sense
misfortune or evil
The early word could mean hardship, misery, or active harm.
Bridge
harm caused by an agent
Wrongdoing remains, but the severity starts to loosen.
Now
playful trouble
The older darkness drains into manageable nuisance.