† misleven.
Obsolete.
Misbelief; lack of faith, distrust.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun]
unbeliefc1160
wantruthc1175
mislevea1200
doubta1225
untrothc1380
untruthc1380
unreligiositya1382
irreligiosity1382
unbelieffulnessc1384
unfaithfulness1388
unbelievinga1400
unfaith1415
wanbelevenessc1440
wanbelievingc1440
wantrowinga1450
wanbelevea1470
mistruthc1480
infidelity1509
incredulity1532
atheonismc1534
unbelievingness1561
irreligiousness?1577
faithlessness1579
unreligiousness1579
atheism1587
scruple1600
discredence1627
doubtinga1628
disbelieving1645
atheisticalness1654
diffidelity1659
disbelief1672
atheisticness1691
nothingism1755
scepticism1800
nihilisma1817
infidelisma1834
nothingarianism1842
agnosticism1870
disfaith1870
no-Goddism1931
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 73 Þe mannes shrifte, þe þurh his misleue herbergeð þe fule gost on his heorte.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1230 Hade þe Fader..never trespast to him in teche of mysseleve.
a1525 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Douce) l. 1634 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 274 Þe grekes..walde scantly gif þaime leve, For þai had þame in-to misleve And suspecte In-to mekile thinge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
† mislevev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To believe wrongly, to be mistaken in believing (also with clause as object); to disbelieve, lack faith in. Also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > disbelieve [verb (transitive)]
mislevea1200
mistrowa1375
untrowc1380
disallowc1400
misbelievea1450
unbelieve1547
discredit1548
miscredita1555
deny1629
disbelieve1645
disesteema1676
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > believe (suppose wrongly) [verb (transitive)]
mislevea1200
misdeema1400
mistake1596
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 137 His fader..hadde dumb-ben, siðe he þe engel mislefde.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 29 Þe treowe is mis leued.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3906 Ðat folc misleuede ðor-on.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 1328 A temple..whilom þe folk misleuande worschipped þerin maumetrie.
c1480 (a1400) SS. Cosmas & Damian 367 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 302 Myslewand ȝet þat it wes he.
a1500 Trental St. Gregory (Adv.) 179 in Anglia (1891) 13 307 (MED) Nay..þou mys-leuest; I am not ho þat þou wenest.
Derivatives
misleving n. and adj. (a) n. unbelief, paganism; (b) adj. unbelieving.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [noun] > learning or believing wrongly
mislevingc1390
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [adjective] > erring in opinion or belief
mislevingc1390
erroneous1512
mismeaning1532
errorious1543
wide1547
deceived1569
errant1609
mislearned1642
pseudodoxalc1648
pseudodox1650
vicious1657
heterodox1658
c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 306 (MED) Allas, þat such a kyng schulde go to helle for mysleeuyng.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 20904 (MED) He [sc. Simon] yede To rome at turn misleuand lede.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27431 He will..his misleuyng noght for-sak.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 1340 To hald þam in mysleuyng.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 38 Ow, what menyht this mys-levyng man?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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