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mis-

  • adjective
  • prefix
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Grammar
mis-, mist-, misse-líc; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§577; §652;
wanting in likeness or unity, unlike, diverse, various
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  • Sorh manig and mislíc,

    • Frag. Kmbl. 2
      • ;
    • Leás. 2.

  • Hú ne sǽdon wé ðæt ðis andweaede líf nǽre nó ðæt héhste gód, forðam hit wǽre mistlíc (MS. Cott. mislíc),

    • Bt. 34, 9
      • ;
    • Fox 146, 17.

  • Mistlíc

    promiscuum, mixtum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 497, 5.

  • Mistlíc bleó

    discolor,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 35.

  • Mistlíces bleós

    discolor,

    • 77, 5.

  • Gescý mistlíces cynnes

    calceamenta diversi generis,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 31.

  • Se hróf wæs on mislícre heánesse

    the roof was of varying height,

    • Blickl. Homl. 207, 21.

  • Se ðe micel inerfe and mislíc ágan wile,

    • Bt. 14, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 44, 10.

  • Synna beóþ mislíce,

    • Blickl. Homl. 43, 17.

  • Mistlíce wóge wegas

    divortia, diverticula,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 44.

  • Mistlícra (

    variarum

    )

    cræfta biggenceras,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 1.

  • Misselícum sweccum

    variis odoribus,

    • Kent. Gl. 1016.

  • Mistlícum

    diversis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 522, 73.

  • Ðæt geár wæs hefigtýme on manegum þingum and mislícum ... þurh mistlíce coða,

    • Chr. 1041
      • ;
    • Erl. 169, 5-9.

  • Mistlíce

    varios, multimodos,

    • Hpt. Gl. 524, 33.
diverging from the usual course(?), erratic (v. mis-líce, II)
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  • Mistlícum

    errabundis, vagabundis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 493, 20.
Etymology
[
Goth. missa-leiks various
:
O. Sax. mis-líc
:
O. H. Ger. missa-, mis-líh varius, diversus, dispar, multiplex, multifarius.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mis-.” 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/22970.

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