Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
MISLEDDEN, _pt. pl._ misconducted, T. iv. 48. From infin. _mislede_.
MISLEDINGES, _pl._ misdirections, misguiding ways, B 3. p 8. 2.
MISLYKE, _v._; Mislyketh, _pr. s._ displeases, L. 1293.
MISLYVED, _pp._ of ill life, treacherous, T. iv. 330.
MISMETRE, _pr. s. subj._ scan amiss, T. v. 1796.
MIS-SAT, _pt. s._ was not where it should be, 3. 941; misbecame, R. 1194.
MISSE, _v._ fail, 5. 75; B 1542, D 1416; draw to an end, 5. 40; _ger._ T.
iii. 1624; Mis, _1 pr. s._ lack, have not, 6. 47; Missed, _pt. s._ was
wanting (to), T. iii. 445; _pp._ missed, missing, T. iii. 537. A.S.
_missan_.
MIS-SET, _pp._ ill-timed, misplaced, 3. 1210.
MISSEYE, _1 pr. s._ speak amiss, 7. 317; Misseyest, _2 pr. s._ speakest ill
of, L. 323; Misseyeth, _pr. s._ slanders, I 379; Misseyde, _pt. s._ said
amiss, L. 440; Misseyd, _pp._ said amiss, H 353; Misseid, _pp._ spoken evil
of, R. 1260; _missayd or do_, said or done wrong, 3. 528.
MISSPEKE, _1 pr. s. subj._ speak wrongly, A 3139.
MIST, _s._ mist, HF. 352; F 259; Mistes, _pl._ HF. 966.
MISTAKE, _v._; Mistaketh, _2 pr. pl._ transgress, trespass, R. 1540;
Mistake, _pp._ committed an error, 3. 525.
MISTER, _s._ trade, handicraft, occupation, A 613; need, R. 1426; Mester,
occupation, A 1340; _what m. men_, men of what occupation, what sort of
men, A 1710. See MESTER.
MISTERYE, _s._ ministry, profession, I 895; Misterie, ministry, I 900. From
Lat. _ministerium_.
MISTIHEDE, _s._ mystery, 4. 224. M.E. _misty_, mystical, from F.
_mystique_, 'mysticall': Cotgrave.
MIS-TORNETH, _pr. pl._ turn aside, B 3. p 3. 6; Mistorned, _pp._ misled, B
4. p 2. 130.
MISTRUST, _s._ T. ii. 780.
MISTRUSTEN, _v._ (to) mistrust, T. i. 688; Mistriste, _v._ C 369;
Mistrusten, _2 pr. pl._ mistrust, T. iv. 1606; Mistruste, _2 pr. pl._ E
2343; Mistrusted, _pp._ distrusted, T. ii. 431.
MISTY, _adj._ misty, T. iii. 1060.
MISTYDE, _v._ be unlucky, B 2886.
MISWANDERINGE, _adj._ erring, B 2. p 8. 20; straying (Lat. _deuius_), B 3.
p 2. 16.
MISWENT, _pp._ gone amiss, T. i. 633.
MIS-WEYES, _s. pl._ by-paths, B 3. m 11. 2; B 5. p 1. 14.
MISWRYTE, _pr. s. subj._ miswrite, T. v. 1795.
MITEYN, _s._ mitten, glove, C 372, 373. F. _mitaine_.
MIXEN, _s._ dunghill, I 911. A.S. _mixen_, _meoxen_.
MO (m[`o][`o]), _adj._ more, A. pr. 27; more (in number), 3. 266, 408; 5.
595; HF. 124, 125; A 576, 849, B 54, 419, 2358, 3742, 3838, C 6, 891, D
179, E 318, 1412, F 301, 702, G 207, 675, 693, 723, 818; more (in number),
besides, L. 917, 1227; others, T. i. 613; E 2113; others, another, T. iii.
1514; E 1039; (others) besides, E 2263; many others besides, D 663; others
besides, T. iv. 1125; more besides, D 992; besides, T. ii. 1481, v. 229; A
3183, D 894; _tymes mo_, at other times, E 449; _othere mo_, others
besides, G 1001; _na mo_, no more, none else, B 695. A.S. _m[=a]_.
MO, _adv._ more, any longer, D 864; _never the mo_, _never mo_, never, D
691, 1099.
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