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mis-fón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§652;
to fail to take, to mistake
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  • Ic hwílum gecoplíce funde ac ic nú gerádra worda misfó

    once I readily invented, but now I fail to get appropriate words,

    • Bt. 2
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 9.

  • Be ðǽm ðe on cyricean misfón. Gif hwylc bróðor wǽgþ and misféhþ (

    makes a mistake

    )

    on boduncge sealma,

    • R. Ben. 71, 4-5.

  • Wín gedéþ, ðæt furþon witan oft misfóþ and fram rihtum geleáfan búgan,

    • 65, 5.

  • Ðý læs ǽnig ðære tale brúce ðæt hé ðý dæge misfénge (

    mistook the day),

    • Lchdm. iii. 442, 3.

  • [Mine songe þah he beó god me hine mai misfonge

    (mis-apply, take wrongly ),

    • O. and N. 1374
    :
Etymology
cf.
Icel. mis-fangi a taking one thing for another.
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Linked entries
v.  mis-cirran fón.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mis-fón.” 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/22952.

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