A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1420, 1499-1513
[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Misdoing, vbl. n. Also: mysdoing, -doyng(e. [ME. misdoinge (1340), e.m.E. mis-, mysdoynge.] Wrongdoing, evildoing, sin. —c1420 Wynt. v. 4330 (C).
He mon be war in mony thynge That wil hym kep fra mysdoynge a1500 Henr. Fab. 6 (Bann.).
To repreife the vyce of mysdoing Of man 1513 Doug. x. xiv. 56.
I that was … adettyt for my mysdoyng [R. misdoing] … till haue sufferit pane
