A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1500
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(Mis-,) Mystrow, -treu, v. P.p. mystrowit, -troit. [ME. mistrowe(n (13–14th c.), mistrou, -tru, also -tr(o)u(n (Cursor M.) late ME. mis-, mystrowe, f. Trow v.: cf. ON. mistrúa.] a. tr. To suspect (a person) of (a misdeed). b. To disbelieve, doubt (a thing). c. Not to believe in or have faith in (God). d. intr. To be disbelieving or incredulous; to be unbelieving or without faith. —a. 1375 Barb. x. 327 (E).
Thai mystrow [C. mystrowit] him off tratoury —b. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi. 396.
The todir, fore the angele bande His fadir tonge mystreuande a1400 Ib. xl. 1303.
Mystrowand that I mocht Helpe thé ocht. thu me socht c1420 Wynt. i. 1556.
Men may trowe full werraly, And mystrow this all wtraly —c. 1456 Hay II. 56/32 (see Misprise v.). —d. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi. 89.
Zachary … Mystroit thus & thare-fore he Askit takine hou this mocht be ?a1500 Remembrance of the Passion 598.
Sa it is that a synnar continually offendis God and mistrowis throu inwy and concupissance of the flesche
