mis-hæbbende
being ill
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being ill Alle mishæbbende omnes male habentes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 16
mis-healdsumness
Want of observance ⬩ negligence
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Want of observance, negligence Be muneces mishealdsumnysse de monachi inobservantia, L. Ecg. P. iii. tit. 11; Th. ii. 196, 3
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mis-hwirfed
Perverted
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Perverted Swá hit is mishweorfed sic rerum versa conditio est, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 18. Mishwyrfedre praepostero, Hpt. Gl. 496, 41: 518, 19
mis-lícian
to displease
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to displease Gif heó mislícaþ ( displicuerit ) ðam hláforde, Ex. 21, 8. Se ðe him sylfum mislícaþ tó ðí ðæt hé Gode gelícige, Homl. Th. i. 512, 35. Ðonne eów mislíciaþ ða mettrumnessa ðe gé on óðrum monnum geseóþ, Past. 21, 4; Swt. 159, 13. Hé him sylfum
mis-limpan
to turn out unfortunately
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to turn out unfortunately Æfer ðæm ðe him swá oftrǽdlíce mislamp hié angunnan hit wítan heora látteówum iterum infelicius victi sunt; propter quod ducem suum exsulare jusserunt, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 24. Nis nán wundor ðeáh ús mislimpe it is no wonder
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mis-rǽcan
to reach or touch wrongly ⬩ to apply abusive language to a person
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to reach or touch wrongly, metaph. to apply abusive language to a person Ðæt man biddendne þearfan misrǽce to abuse a needy person who begs (is one of the lighter offences), Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25
mis-scrence
Shrivelled up ⬩ distorted
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Shrivelled up, distorted Hí ( demons ) hæfdon wóge sceancan and misscrence tán, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 1
mis-scrýdan
to clothe improperly
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to clothe improperly Bindaþ ðone misscrýddan ( the man who had not on the wedding garment ), Homl. Th. i. 530, 13
mis-sprecan
to murmur
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to murmur Misspreca murmurari; missprécon murmurabant, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 43, 41
mis-tucian
to maltreat
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to maltreat Ðe abbot wolde hí ( the monks ) mistukian, and sende æfter lǽwede mannum, and hí cómon intó capitulan fullgewépnede, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 9
mis-weaxan
to grow in an improper way
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to grow in an improper way Ðæt hí symle ða misweaxendan bógas of áscreádian, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 12
mis-weorþan
to turn out badly
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to turn out badly (for a person, dat.) Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4
mis-weorðian
to dishonour ⬩ treat disrespectfully
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to dishonour, treat disrespectfully Gif preóst circan miswurðige, ðe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, gebéte ðæt, L. N. P. L. 25; Th. ii. 294, 10
mis-wrítan
to write incorrectly ⬩ make a mistake in writing
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to write incorrectly, make a mistake in writing Barbarismus, ðæt is ánes wordes gewæmmednyss, gif hit biþ miswriten, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 21; Som. 51, 48. On manegum wísum miswritene, 50, 23; Som. 51, 54
mid-ferhtness
mid-hlít
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fellowship Gyf hwylc. . . tó andetnesse cuman nele fram cirycean hé is tó ánýdanne and fram gemǽnsumunge and midhlýte geleáffulra ( a communione et consortio fidelium ], Nap. 45
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mid-irfenuma
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A co-heir Þ on yrfwerdnysse his mid-yrfenuma (coheres) þú sý, Scint. 148, 4
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mid-lencten
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On mydlengtenes wucan on Týwesdæg, Jn. 7, 14 rbc. Hæfde Eádwerd cing witena gemót on Lunden tó midlencten, Chr. 1050; P. 171, 37. Tó midlengtene, 1094; F. 229, 4. . vii. nihton ǽr midlenctene, 1055 ; P. 185, 5. Add
mid-sprecende
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speaking on behalf of Ðú þe wǽre mydsprecende (-sprecend later MS. v. E. S. 49, 350) þám Hǽlende, Nic. 6, 24. v. mid-spreca
mid-streám
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Midstream Andlang midstreámes, C. D. v. 380, 12