A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mismetir, -er, v. Also: mysmetyr. [ME. mismetre (Chaucer), e.m.E. misse metryng vbl. n. (once, 1509).] tr. To spoil the metre of (a poem). —1513 Doug. (S.T.S.). IV. 194/24.
Tak gud tent in tyme Ȝhe nother maggill nor mysmetyr [v.rr. mismeter, -ir] my ryme
