An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 550

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 550


_To_ MYSFALL, _v. n._ To miscarry.


_Barbour._


_To_ MISFAYR, ~Misfare~, _v. n._ To miscarry.


_Douglas._


_Misfarin_, S. B. ill-grown; A. S. _mis-far-an_, male invenire, perire.


~Mysfar~, _s._ Mischance.


_Wallace._


MISGAR, _s._ A kind of trench in sandy ground, from the action of the wind. Orkn. Norw. _mis_ denoting defect, and _giaer_ form.


_To_ MISGRUGLE, _v. a._ To rumple; to handle roughly, S.


_Journ. Lond._


2. To disfigure, to deform, S. B.


Belg. _kreukel-en_, to crumple.


_To_ MISGULLY, _v. a._ To cut clumsily, to mangle, Fife; q. to use the _gully amiss_.


MISHANTER, _s._ Misfortune, S.


_Ross._


Fr. _misaventure_, O. E. _mysauntre_.


MISHAPPENS, _s._ Unfortunateness.


_Baillie._


MISHARRIT, _part. pa._ Unhinged.


_Palice of Honour._


A. S. _mis_, and _hearro_, a hinge.


_To_ MISKEN, _v. a._


1. Not to know, S.


_Douglas._


2. To overlook, to neglect.


_Compl. S._


3. To seem to be ignorant of, S.


_Baillie._


4. To forbear, not to meddle with.


5. To refuse to acknowledge.


_Abp. Hamiltoun._


6. _To misken ones self_, to forget ones proper station, S.


_To_ MYSKNAW, _v. a._ To be ignorant of.


_Crosraguel._


MISLEARD, _adj._


1. Unmannerly, S.


_Ferguson._


2. Mischievous, S.


_Burns._


_Mis_ and _leard_, i. e. learned.


_To_ MISLIPPEN, _v. a._ To disappoint, S.


_To_ MISLUCK, _v. n._ To miscarry.


Belg. _misluck-en_, id.


~Misluck~, _s._ Misfortune, S.







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