Middle English Dictionary Entry
misten v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | misten v.(1) Also misti, (error) myssyn; p.ppl. misted, mestid. |
| Etymology | OE mistian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To grow misty or foggy; (b) of the eyes: to grow dim or blurred; (c) to blur or blind (the eyes or sight); also fig.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)340 : Mysty, or grow roky as wedur, and mysty: Obnubilo.
b
- a1300 Wanne mine eyhnen (Trin-C B.1.45)1 : Wanne mine eyhnen misten..and mi nose koldet.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Hrl 1766)9.3335 : Myn eyen mystyd, and dirked my spectacle, Tyl hope ageyn gan make his repeyr.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)340 : Myssyn [?read: Mystyn], as eyne for dymnesse: Caligo.
c
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.648 : Flatrie..bleendith princis that they may nat see, Mistith the eyen off eueri gouernour.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)71/2093 : O mestid eyen, whi fayle ye not yowre sight?
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Test.(Hrl 218)245 : The yeres passed of my tender youthe..The cloudy sight mysted with dirkenesse.