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mis-faran

  • verb [ strong ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§652;
to go astray, to err, transgress
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  • Oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóm misfaraþ ða hiéremenn

    per pastorum ignorantiam hi, qui sequuntur, offendant,

    • Past. 1, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 29, 4.

  • Ðæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 314, 5.

  • [Cf. If Joseph sag hise breðere misfaren His fader he it gan unhillen and baren,

    • Gen. and Ex. 1911.]
to fare badly, have ill success
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  • Sume secgaþ ðæt hí

    (certain animals)

    þurh bletsunge misfaraþ, and þurh wyrigunge, geþeóþ,

    • Homl. Th. i. 100, 31.

  • þurh deófol fela þinga misfór

    by the devil's agency many things have gone on badly,

    • Wulfst. 104, 22.

  • Se ðe Gode nele hýran, witod hé sceal misfaran,

    • 178, 21.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. mis-fara to act falsely
:
Icel. mis-fara to go astray, to transgress; mis-farask einum to go badly with one
:
Da. mis-fare to miscarry
:
O. H. Ger. missa-faran to transgress.
]
Similar entries
v. mis-féran.
Linked entries
v.  mis-féran.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mis-faran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22949.

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