† ˈmislich, a. Obs.
[OE. mislic, misse-, mist-, mystlic = OS. mislîc, OFris., MLG., LG. mislîk, MDu. mis(se)-, mes(se)lijc (Du. misselijk), OHG. missa-, missi-, mis(se)lîh (MHG. mis(se)lîch, G. misslich), ? Icel. misl{iacu}kr (MSw. mislika, Da. mislig), Goth. missaleiks: see mis-1 and -ly1.]
1. Diverse, unlike, various.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxiii. §5 (Sedgefield) 82 Þu fyldest ðas eorðan mid mistlicum cynrenum netena, & hi siððan aseowe mistlicum sæde treowa & wyrta. 971 Blickl. Hom. 43 Þæt hie heora synna cunnon on rihtlice ᵹeandettan; forþon þe hie beoþ toþon mislice. a 1122 O.E. Chron. an. 979 (MS. C) Þy ilcan ᵹeare was ᵹesewen blodiᵹ wolcen..& þæt..on mistlice beamas wæs ᵹehiwod. a 1225 Ancr. R. 4 Þe inre [rule] is euere iliche: þe uttre is misliche. a 1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. I. 281 Selcuðes þat misliche and monifald hauen bifallen. |
2. Wandering. (Cf. next 2.)
| a 1100 in Napier O.E. Glosses 98/3695 Errabundis .i. uagabundis, mistlicum. |