▪ I. † misˈleve, n. Obs.
[f. mis-1 4 +leve n.]
Misbelief.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 73 Þe mannes shrifte þe þurh his misleue herberȝeð þe fule gost on his heorte. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1230 Hade þe fader..neuer trespast to him in teche of mysseleue. |
▪ II. † misˈleve, v. Obs.
[f. mis-1 1, 7 +leve v.]
To believe wrongly; to misbelieve; to disbelieve.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 137 His fader..hadde dumb ben siðe he þe engel mislefde. a 1225 Ancr. R. 68 Þe treowe is misleued. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3906 Ðat folc misleuede ðoron. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1336 A temple..þat whilom þe folk mys-lyuande Worschiped þer-inne Maumetry. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxxix. (Cosme & Damyane) 367 Myslewand ȝet þat it wes he. 14.. in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 82 Nay, sayde the sole, thou mys levest, I am not ho that thou wenest. |
So † misˈleving vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 20904 Þis ilk simon he yede to rome at turn misleuand lede. Ibid. 27431 He will..his misleuyng noght for-sak. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1348 To holden hem yn mys-leuynge. a 1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 43 Ow, what menyht this myslevyng man? |