Middle English Dictionary Entry
mistē̆ren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mistē̆ren v. Also mister, mistier. |
| Etymology | From mistē̆r n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To need or require (sth.); (b) to need (to do sth.); (c) to be in need; ~ of, be in need of (sth.); (d) to be needed; ~ of, be needed for (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)70/9 : Þer was a womman þat mysterd cowncell.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)75/24 : He..sayde he was a synner & mysterd forgyfnes of his syn.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)139/1 : Thow erte a spirituall man & mysters no meatt; and we er flesshlie men & bus nedelyngis eatt.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)110/30 : Lede with þe many vitaylles moo þan þou mysters.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)107/231 : We myster no sponys here at oure mangyng.
b
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)6/26 : I sall so ordand at þou sall nott myster to be a thief no mor.
c
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)66/9 : Sho wolde giff nothyng..vnto pure folke nor vnto þaim at mysterd.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)136/4 : Þou mysters not of my lectuarie, for þou erte a leche.
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)219/25 : He..proffred to them his seruyse yf they myster of it.
d
- (1412) in Salzman Building in Engl.487 : Richard sall gette..all the stuff of the stane that misters more of the makyng of the Kirk of Katrik than that stuffe that is founde within the kirke yerde.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5117 : Quat suld we moue in-to þe montts? Þat mysters bot litill, Outhire Appole to adoure or any othire driȝtins.
2.
Impers. what misteres the, what need is there for you (to do sth.)?; us misteres, we need (sth.); whan him mistered, when he had the need; if hit mister, if it be necessary; etc.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)37/54 : What mystris þe, in gode or ille, of me to melle þe?
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4281 : Vs mistris neuire na medcyne for malidy on erthe.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)77/3 : For þe Abbott..fyndyn vnto þe emperour, when hym mysters, lx ml. of harnessid men.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)268/18 : Me misters none of þi refresshyng, ffor I desyre to eate flessh.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)454/9 : A yong man..reprovid þe life of ancharis and said at þai war of more perfeccion þat bade at hame with þer fadurs & þer moders, & ordand for þaim all þing att þaim mysterd.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)104/28 : Þe enchauntere rade on his Mule..þat bar him, whanne him mysteryd, by þe way.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)22 : Blase sought all that hym mystered to write with.
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)222/36 : Yf it mystier, we shal guyde & lede you wel.