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: 1375-1420
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(Mis-,) Mystrowing, vbl. n. [ME. mistruing (Cursor M.), mistrowinge (Gower).] Suspicion, doubt. —1375 Barb. x. 329.
For that ilk mystrowing, Thai tuk him and put in presoun c1420 Wynt. iii. 406 (W.)
For luf to ȝeild bot fenȝeing It is … bot mystrowing