mis-tǽcan
to teach wrongly
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to teach wrongly Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ, ðonne beóþ hí gehealdene; gif hí mistǽcaþ, hí forpǽraþ hí sylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 4
mis-þeón
To succeed badly ⬩ to fail to improve ⬩ to degenerate
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To succeed badly, to fail to improve, to degenerate Ic misþeó degenero, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 29. Misþíhþ degenerat, ii. 138, 36. Misthágch degeneraverat, 106, 30. Misþáh, 25, 36: Exon. 95 a; Th. 354. 39; Reim. 58
mis-tímian
To happen amiss ⬩ to do amiss
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To happen amiss, to do amiss (with dat. of person) Gif ðú hwene gesihst geþeón on góde blissa on his dǽdum and gif him hwæt mistímaþ besárga his unrótnysse if you see any one flourish in goodness, rejoice at his deeds, and if any mischance befall him
mis-tríwan
to mistrust ⬩ be diffident
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to mistrust, be diffident Wé mistríwaþ difidimus, Rtl. 39, 32
mis-tyhtan
to incite or persuade to what is wrong ⬩ dissuade
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to incite or persuade to what is wrong, dissuade Hig ðæt folc mistihton murmurare fecerant multitudinem, Num. 14, 36. Hé cwæþ tó ðám mágum ðe ða martyras mistihton ( urged them to renounce Christianity ), Homl. Skt. 5, 69
mis-weorc
An evil deed
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An evil deed Miswerc mala opera, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 19
mis-wider
Bad weather ⬩ storm
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Bad weather, storm Gif hwæt fǽrlíces on þeóde becymþ, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit miswyderu oððon unwæstmas, Wulfst. 271, 2
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mis-wissian
to mis-direct
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to mis-direct Gif mæssepreóst folc miswissige æt freólse and æt fæstene, gylde xxx sciłł. mid Englum, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 8
musc-fleotan
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ge-mun
Mindful, having a recollection
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Mindful, having a recollection Swá gemune menn wǽron ǽlces bróces men had such a recollection of every trouble, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 2
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mis-can
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For Ps. Th. 44, l. 41, and add:
mis-cenning
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A wrong declaration (v. cennan ; ), a shifting of the ground of an action after it has come into court; the fine for such variation, the right to accept such fines (often the subject of grant by the king) Icc kíðe ðat icc habbe geunnen . . . miskenninge
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mis-crocettan
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mis-cwéman
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to displease Á hí ymbe ꝥ wǽron, hú hí ðé mis-cwémdon, Hml. S. 23, 287. [v. N. E. D. misqueme.]
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mis-cweþan
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Miscwedenes wordes barbarismi, An. Ox. 2, 485. Add
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mis-feng
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A mistake, fault, misdeed Hé ús gegearwað þá heofonlican for ðám eorðlicum . . . gif wé ælmyssan dón willað on úrum lífe, and gif wé dǽdbóte dón willaþ úrra misfenga, Nap. 45
mis-healdan
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To neglect, slight a person Nú for manegum geárum, þá þá hí misheóldon þone heofonlican God, hí wurdon gehergode ante hos annos, cum recessissent a via quam dederat illis Deus, exterminati sunt proeliis, Hml. A. 106, 130
mis-híran
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mis-lǽdan
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Dysig bið se wegférenda man sé ðe nimð þone sméðan weg þe hine mislǽt, and forlǽt ðone sticolan þe hine gebrinctí tó ðǽre byrig, Hml. Th. i. 164, 8. Add
mis-lár
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Substitute : Incitement to evil, suggestion Sé þe gelustfullunge gemídlað gálfulre misláre ( auggestionis ), Scint. 88, 7. Gif forman misláre (suggestioni) ná byþ wiðstanden, 210, 10. Onþæslice gewilnunga flǽsclicra mislára inportunas desideriorum carnalium