† misnimv.
Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To make a mistake; to err, do wrong, commit an offence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [verb (intransitive)]
guiltc825
misdoOE
misfereOE
misnimc1225
trespass1303
forfeita1325
misguiltc1330
misworka1375
transverse1377
offendc1384
mistakec1390
faulta1400
commit1449
misprize1485
digress1541
transgress1662
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > act wrongly or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > err or go wrong or astray
misfareeOE
wanderc897
dwelec900
miswendOE
misfereOE
misnimc1225
failc1290
to go willa1300
misgoc1300
misstepc1300
errc1315
strayc1325
folly1357
wryc1369
crookc1380
miscarryc1390
ravec1390
astray1393
forloinc1400
delire?a1475
to go wrong?1507
to tread the shoe awrya1542
swerve1576
prevaricate1582
tread awrya1625
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)]
dwelec900
haltc900
marOE
slidea1000
misfangOE
missOE
to have wough?c1225
misnimc1225
misrekec1275
mis-startc1275
err1303
to go wrongc1340
misgo1340
slipc1340
snapperc1380
forvay1390
to miss of ——c1395
to make a balkc1430
to run in ——1496
trip1509
fault1530
mistake1548
misreckon1584
misstep1605
warpa1616
solecize1627
hallucinate1652
nod1677
to go will1724
to fare astray (misliche, amiss)a1849
slip1890
skid1920
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 454 Ȝef þu ne misnome onont ure maumez.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1514 Heo þoȝte þatte niȝtegale, Þah heo þel speke atte frume, Hadde at þen ende mis nume.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3091 Quad pharaon, ‘ic haue mis-numen’.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 211 (MED) He proued..Þat þe kyng misnam & did grete trespas.
b. transitive. To mistake, misunderstand.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > take wrongly, mistake [verb (transitive)]
misnim?c1225
misfangc1275
mistake?a1475
mismean1605
misplace1609
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 38 Ȝef ȝe..mis neomeð [a1250 Nero misnimeð; a1250 Titus mis taken of; a1400 Pepys mysnymeþ] uers neomeð ouwer venie dun et þeorðe.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 83 Ine oþre quereles huanne me mysnymþ.
Derivatives
misnimming n. (a) a mistake, an error; (b) misappropriation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun]
misnimming?c1225
embezzlement1548
malversationc1550
falsity1581
misapplication1607
interverting1614
peculate1617
peculation1658
abstracting1669
plunderage1700
interversiona1754
conveyancing1754
misappropriation1794
abstraction1823
defalcation1832
malappropriation1848
teeming and lading1859
boodlery1886
bobol1907
chop-chop1966
liberation1966
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun]
misnimming?c1225
errora1340
defaulta1387
balkc1430
fault1523
jeofail1546
errat1548
trip1548
naught1557
missa1568
missinga1568
slide1570
snappera1572
amiss1576
mistaking1579
misprize1590
mistake1600
berry-block1603
solecism1603
fallibility1608
stumblea1612
blota1657
slur1662
incorrectnessa1771
bumble1823
skew1869
(to make) a false step1875
slip-up1909
ricket1958
bad1981
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > wrongful use > misappropriation
misnimming?c1225
misapplication1704
misappropriation1794
malappropriation1848
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 38 Al fallen adun for muche mis neominge [a1250 Nero mis nimunge; c1230 Corpus misneomunge; a1250 Titus mis takinge; a1400 Pepys mysnymynge].
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10465 Ȝuf eni clerk vorȝeue out Þe king of suich mis niminge.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 160 Þo þet..ine alle þinges habbeþ discrecion and mesure, wyþ-oute misnimynge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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