A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1560-1629
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Misthrive, -thryve, v. [Thrive v. Only Sc.] intr. To fail to thrive or prosper, be unsuccessful, do badly. —1560 Rolland Seven Sages 1514.
To the gairdnar he said … My tender plant it dois misthriue 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 187.
Thocht thay fuffe at it [sc. the fire] and blaw … The mair it dois misthryue 1609 Craig iii. 5.
Amongst so many children some must mis-thriue and proue naght 1629 Justiciary Cases I. 107.
To caus hir butter misthryve or miscayrie
