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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1908-1956
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MISGLIM, v. Also -glimm, -glem, -gløm (Sh.); -glime, -gleam (Ork.); -glam; -gloom (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.). [Sh. -glɪm, -glem; Ork. -glɑim, -glɪm]
1. To neglect, to forget (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl.; Ork. 1963).Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii. 326:
Whin wir dialec's bean ta't, Orcadian guid mainers soodna be misglimed.Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 207:
I might hae haen the calfie subsidy teu, if I hidno misglammed id.
2. In regard to children, animals etc.: to ill-treat, to neglect the care of (Ork. 1929 Marw.; I.Sc. 1963).
[O.N. misgleyma, to forget, neglect, gleyma, id. Some forms have been influenced by gloom, gleam.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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