单词 | misfare |
释义 | misfaren. archaic and regional in later use. Now rare. The action or process of going wrong or astray; a mishap, misfortune; ill fate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck un-i-limpOE unlimpc1175 mishap?c1225 unhap?c1225 mishappeningc1230 ames-ace?a1300 misadventure?a1300 ill hailc1300 misauntera1325 untiminga1325 miscasec1325 mischancec1325 misfall1340 misfarea1387 casec1390 infortunea1393 mishapping?a1400 unchancea1400 disadventurea1413 mischieving1432 infortuny?a1439 encumbermentc1440 misfortune1441 evil hail?c1450 malfortunea1470 unhappiness1470 maleurtee?1473 malheur?1473 evil health1477 unfortune1483 wanfortunea1500 disfortune1509 wanhap1513 ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518 mislucka1530 ill luck1548 unfortunacy?c1550 evilfare1556 unluck1556 hard luck1567 bad luck1575 miscasualty1588 disgrace1590 wanchance1599 disventure1612 misaccident1620 miscarriagec1625 hard lines1722 mishanter1754 malefit1755 miscanter1781 hard cheese1854 hard cheddar1893 schlimazel1911 tough luck1912 snake eyes1918 catch-arse1970 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > going astray misgangc1330 misfarea1387 misgoinga1387 wilsomenessa1400 misfootinga1456 swerving1545 by-walking1549 warping1608 degression1618 deviation1625 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > being astray, error woughc888 dwalec950 dwildOE wharfedlaikc1175 dwele?c1225 dwelth?c1225 misfarea1387 wilsomenessa1400 mistake1635 fallacy1645 solecism1649 mistakenness1865 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 213 Sterynge and meuynge in lymes wiþ oute eny mysfare [L. sine errore]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 315 (MED) His sun..wat All thinges þat haldes stat, And halds þam up fro misfare Þat þai ne worth to noght. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 1074 Mekill dolour it did him in his mynd Off thar mysfayr. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) x. ii. 372/2 They were more enclyned to lecherye for welfare than to robberye for mysfare. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb5 Crying aloud in vaine, to shew her sad misfare Vnto the Knights. View more context for this quotation a1758 M. Mendez Coll. Poems (1763) IV. 140 To yielding nymphs transported shepherds sing, Ne hard misfare emongst our train is found. 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew cix. 14 Be the ill o' his faithers in mind wi' the Lord; an' his mither's misfaur no forgot. a1902 E. F. Taylor tr. Virgil Aeneid (1903) xi. xxxii. 287 What sad misfare, What evil fortune, mars your ancient rest? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misfarev. Now archaic and Scottish regional (Shetland). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [verb (intransitive)] misfareeOE failc1290 stumblec1325 errc1374 crookc1380 miscarryc1390 swervea1400 delire?a1475 pervertc1475 misguide1480 prevaricate1582 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 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) i. 29 Forðon oft for ðæs lareowes unwisdome misfarað [L. offendant] ða hieremenn. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xix. 180 Læwede menn behofiað, þæt him lareowas secgon, ða godspellican lare, ðe hi on bocum leornodon, þæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 149 (MED) Ac naure ne ȝeseiȝe we manne þat hadde þese hali mihte mid him, þat he aure misferde. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 108 Edhalden cwide, fundles, oðer lane, oðer þerwið mis fearen—Nis hit spece of ȝisceunge & anes cunnes þeofðe? a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1911 If he sag hise breðere mis-faren, His fader he it gan vn-hillen. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 3387 Er thou so with thiself misfare. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 866 I sagh wel þat i misfard [a1400 Fairf. mys-ferde]. a1500 Thewis Gud Women (Cambr. Kk.1.5) 246 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 96 And kep thaim fra neid & mistere That pouerte gar thaim nocht mysfare. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 226v So for hir lufe so lykly is to misfair. 2. a. intransitive. To fare badly, come to grief, be unfortunate; (Shetland, of a boat) to founder. Now Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > come to grief misfareOE miswendOE misferec1275 misspeeda1387 miscarryc1387 mischieve?a1400 to catch copper1530 to lose one's seatc1540 mischief1598 to bu(r)st one's boiler1824 to come to grief1850 to come (also go) a mucker1851 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 mucker1862 to go or be up the flume1865 to come undone1899 to play smash1903 to come to a sticky end1904 to come unstuck1911 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) vi. 230 Sume..cweþað þæt hi þurh bletsunge misfarað, & þurh wyriunge geþeoð. OE Wulfstan False Gods (Hatton 113) (1957) 221 Eala, gefyrn is þæt ðurh deofol fela þinga misfor, & þæt mancynn to swyðe Gode mishyrde. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 498 For nis ha neauer bute care leste hit ne misfeare. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 995 (MED) He for me is so marred & has misfare long. c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 35 A dede cors opon a bere lay, A womon [ther sate] alle mysfare. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vii. xxviii. 319/1 In what londe usurye is used openly that londe shall mysfare. 1578 Compend. Bk. Godlie Psalmes (new ed.) 196 Do ȝe the contrair, ȝour housis will misfair. 1633 T. Heywood Eng. Traveller v If shee misfare I am a man more wretched in her losse, Then had I forfeited life and estate. 1804 R. Couper Poems II. 85 Oure again on Mistress coup't: Sair, sair misfuirt was she. 1898 Shetland News 9 Apr. He wis rowin' wi' wis da simmer 'at a' da boats misföre. 1908 J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland (1928) De coo is misforen. 1961 New Shetlander No. 57. 7 Aye trustin at ye'll no misfare If da sea caavs in ower da side. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 53/2 Bairns, I hae ill news fir you: your men's boat is misforne wi da gell. b. intransitive. Of an enterprise: to miscarry, fail. archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of an action or plan failc1394 misfare1489 fro1559 to shoot nipshot1568 miscarry1589 languefya1734 misfire1942 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) x. 529 For it wes hys ententioun To put hym till all awentur Or that a sege on hym mysfur. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. Prol. 66 Now war me laith my lang laubour mysfur. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. 2254 Quhill he wes out of the land, All misfure in to thare hand. 1902 J. S. Phillimore tr. Sophocles Antigone 144 So mis-fared what he dared! a. transitive. To do amiss. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1478 Liber Pluscardensis (Glasg.) (1877) I. 384 He that all as made As langand gouernance of his Godhade Nathing mysfaris, bot all dois for the best. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 172 He shall..misfair the Government and Guidment of his Country. b. transitive. To cause to go wrong, destroy, ruin. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1589 J. Melville Spirituall Propine 32 Sleuthis perverts & misfaris al. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387v.eOE |
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