misaunter Obs. exc. north. dial.
(mɪˈsɔːntə(r))
Also 3–4 -aunture, -auntre, -antour, 4 -awentoure, 5 -anter, -awnter.
[Contracted form of miˈsauenture (see misadventure). Cf. mishanter.]
= misadventure.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4187 Alas alas þou wrecche mon, woch mesaunture Aþ þe ybroȝt in to þis stede. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 6180 (Kölbing) Þe painem starf wiþ misantour. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus i. 766 If I wiste what she were For whom that thee al this misaunter ayleth. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xix. (Christofore) 4 Þat þaim ne may ony mysawentoure fal þat day. 1405 Lay Folks Mass-Bk. 65 That god saue thaim fra al missaunters. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 339/1 Mysawnter, or myscheve..infortunium. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Misaunter, a misadventure. ‘Ful o' mishaps an misaunters’. |