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mist

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
mist, es; m.
Mist, dimness
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  • Mist vel genip

    nebula,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 61.

  • Dymnys oððe myst

    caligo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3
      • ;
    • Som. 8, 58.

  • Ðá slóh ðǽr micel mist

    facta est caligo tenebrosa,

    • Gen. 15, 17.

  • Ǽr se þicca mist þinra weorðe,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 11
      • ;
    • Met. 5, 6.

  • Woruld miste oferteáh

    covered the world with mist,

    • Exon. 51 b
      • ;
    • Th. 178, 35
      • ;
    • Gú. 1254.

  • Tódríf ðone mist ðe nú hangaþ beforan úres módes eágum,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 132, 32.

  • Ðone sweartan mist, módes þióstro,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 23, 9
      • ;
    • Met. 23, 5.

  • Ða mistas ðe ðæt mód gedréfaþ,

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 14, 17,

  • On ðás sweartan mistas

    (hell),

    • Cd. 21
      • ;
    • Th. 25, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 391.

    Dimness (of sight)

  • :-- Lǽcedómas wið eágna miste,

    • L. M. 1, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 26, 6.

  • Of wlǽtan cymþ eágna mist,

    • Lchdm. ii. 28, 1.

  • Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wið ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon ... wið mist,

    • Lchdm. iii. 292, 2.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. mistr mist.]
Similar entries
v. eáh-, gedwol-, wæl-mist; mistian, mistrian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mist.” 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/22989.

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