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mishear, v.|mɪsˈhɪə(r)| Also 3 misiheren (see y-here). [In OE. mishíeran: see mis-1 1 and hear v.1] trans. †a. In OE., to disobey. b. To hear amiss, incorrectly, or imperfectly. Also absol. or intr.
c961æthelwold Rule St. Benet v. (Schröer 1885) 62 Se þe eow ᵹehyrð, he ᵹehyrð me, and se þe eow mishyrð, he mishyrð me. a1023Wulfstan Hom. xviii. (1883) 104 And þæt mancynn to swyðe gode mishyrde. a1225Ancr. R. 296 On elpi word þet tu mis-iherest. 1483Cath. Angl. 241/2 To Mishere, obaudire. 1552Huloet, Misheare, obaudio. [Cf. Cooper Thesaurus (1565), Obaudio, to heare hardely or vnwillingly.] 1595Shakes. John iii. i. 4 Thou hast mispoke, misheard, Be well aduis'd, tell ore thy tale againe. 1815J. C. Hobhouse Substance Lett. (1816) II. 70/11 My informant misheard or mistook a metaphor for a fact. 1877Tennyson Harold v. i, Your second-sighted man..Misheard their snores for groans. 1884Harper's Mag. Dec. 142 Perhaps he had misheard the unknown voice. So misˈhearer.
1483Cath. Angl. 241/2 A Misherer, obauditor. |