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† misˈfere, v. Obs.
Forms: see fere v.1
[OE. misféran: see mis-1 1 and fere v.1]
1. intr. To do wrong, transgress; to misbehave (const. mid, with = towards).
c1000ælfric De Vet. Test. (Gr.) 7 Saul..þæt folc bewerode wið þa hæðenan leoda heardlice mid wæmnum, þeah þe he misferde on maneᵹum oðrum þingum. a1300Vox & Wolf 212 in Hazl. E.P.P. 65 Men seide, that thou on thine liue Misferdest mid mine wiue. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 147 Þe outrage of riche men, þat misferde with pore men [orig. divitum insolentiam qua pauperes indigne tractabantur]. 1390Gower Conf. I. 241 Bot only that thou hast misferd Thenkende.
2. intr. and pass. To fare ill; to come to grief; to be unfortunate or unsuccessful.
c1205Lay. 26229 Ȝif Arður mis-ferde þene he come to fihte. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7965 Alle þat þey made a day vpright, ffallen was doun vpon þat nyght;..Þat saw þe kyng hit misferde so. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxi. (Clement) 197, & his fadir fore doule & wa he trewyt in þe se mysferde. a1425Cursor M. 18311 (Trin.) Þere I was wiþ my foos mysferde [Cott. was vm-sett].
3. ? trans. ? To overthrow.
c1330R Brunne Chron. (1810) 224 Whan Sir Edward herd, þat þei had Lyncoln taken, & þe Juerie misferd, þer tresorie ouerschaken [cf. supra þei robbed þam & slouh]. |