† misrekev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To go astray.
ΘΚΠ
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
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 490 Vor sumeres tide is alto wlonk, An doþ misreken monnes þonk.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 675 An sone mai a word mis reke Þar muþ schal aȝen horte speke.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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