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: 1490, 1560
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Misfasson, v. [Cf. e.m.E. misfashion (1570).] To make badly, mismake: fig. to dishonour (oneself); to unmake or spoil (a set table). —c1490 Porteous Noblenes 171/25.
Mony men … has counterfeit myne estait and … misfassonit & degradit thaim self 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 4724.
Scho … misfassonit all the feist
