Middle English Dictionary Entry
mistrǒuen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mistrǒuen v. Also mistrou(e, mistroun, mistrewen, mistrū(n, mistron, mistrau(e, mistrouu; p. mistroued, mistroud, mistrud, missetrouede; ppl. mistrouet. |
| Etymology | From trǒuen v. & ON; cp. OI mistrūa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To distrust (sb.), lack faith in; (b) to disbelieve or distrust (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)37/9 : Þis nis nawt for ow, leoue sustren, iseid..nawt for þi þe treowe is ofte mistrowet [Nero: misleued], & te saclese bilohen, as iosep i Genesy.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3651 : Þat he þe mai þe less mistru [Frf: mistraw; Trin-C: mystrawe], þou sal sai þou ert esau.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5175 : 'Fader,' þai said, 'mis-tru [Göt: mistrou] vs noght..For ioseph hale and sond left wee.'
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)17958 : His auen sun sal he send dune In erde, þat mani sal mistron.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Add 32578)824 : Howe sulde ȝe trowe or till vs lithe Þat mystrowed hym so pure lightly, Ihesu þat was in graue?
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.167v : This luthere Godewyne .. seide, 'yut me thenketh thow mystrewest me more And puttest vpon me thi brother [deth] and nelt ileue me For all that ich aquyt was by men of noblete.'
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)21 : 'Yef this be so,' quod the Iuge, 'neuer shall I mystrowe the.'
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)48 : Neuer shall I mys-trowe the fro hens all my live.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11047 : Blisced be þou þat mistrud [Trin-C: mys trowed] noght þe hali bodword þat þe was broght.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18697 : Mistru [Frf: mistrou] noght þat es to tru.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27679 : And o þe doer right na chesun Ne can he see, bot al mistrun [Frf: mistroun; Glb: mistrowne].
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)13595 : Þe maistre Iewes þen be-gan to mistrowne queþer þis sely man, queþer be-fore blinde had he bene.
- ?a1425 Chaucer TC (Hrl 3943)1.688 : And wytith wele that both to be vices; Mistrowyn [Rob.: Mistrusten] all or ellis al to leve.
2.
(a) To be distrustful, lack the true faith; ~ of (in), lack belief, faith, or trust in (sb. or sth.); to ~, be disbelieved; (b) ppl. mistrouing, as adj.: distrustful, lacking faith, unbelieving; (c) ppl. mistrouing, as noun: a disbeliever or infidel; also, those who disbelieve.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1480 : Out of þat faire felachip ferde he þan sone as mekeli as he miȝt, lest eni mysse trowede.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13595 : Þe maisters Iuus þan bigan To mistru [Göt: mistrouu; Trin-C: mistrowe] o þis sinful seli man, Quere-for wit blind he had ai bine.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14441 : And troud noght yeit þaa felun þat þam tald rightwis sy[m]eon..Bot euer mistrud [Göt: mistroud] mar and mar.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15498 : Þou sal be traijst lauerd to night; it es noght to mistrun [rime: resun; Frf: mistroun].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17387 : Of us ne thar yow noght mistrau [Göt: mistrou], For þus it was als we tel yow.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17402 : Yee ar þe folk þat ai mistruus.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22868 : Vte of all skil it es and right For to mistru [Phys-E: mistroun] in godds might.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25224 : Þe sarazins and þe juus And all ledes þat mistrus [Frf: mistrowes; Göt: mistrous].
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.368 : Þis storie telliþ how Zacarie mistrowide.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.875 : But oure lady was stedfast euer in the feith And mystroued [vr. mystrustyd] not of his resurreccion.
b
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2190 : And in þair hertes þai bi-gan To be mys-trowand ilk aman.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3607 : Mystrowyng was y ay Of my felaws, boþe nyȝt and day.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9267 : And to the Iuus swa mistruand [Frf: mistrawande; Göt: mistrouand; Trin-C: mis trowonde], He [Isaiah] badd þam here and vnderstand.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16643 : Yee foles, mistruand [Ld: myslevyng] folk..qui will yee algat hang þe man þat neuer plight has don?
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)14441 : Ȝit leued not þo felouns Þat symeon tolde in his sarmouns..But euer mys trowyng þei ware.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)2/11 : For þe whilk land ilke a gude Cristen man..suld enforce him for to conquere oure right heritage and chace oute þerof þaim þat er mistrowand.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)454/179 : Fele my woundis and vndirstande þat þis is I, And be no more so mistrowand, But trowe trewly.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)11838 : Þer enturd into his land mystrowand men þat heyȝt moabyse.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)15732 : Þou be fore has bene mystrowand ȝong and ald.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)189/14 : It schuld not be schewyd to hem that lyuen after the flesshe, ne to hem that are mystrowyng.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11366 : Þis dun-fall sal we vnderstand Suld be all þe mistruand.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21203 : Lucas..þe mistruand [Trin-C: mis leuynge] he tok to teche.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)42/20 : When my felawes and I sawe þam do so, we didd off oure schoos and thoȝt it ware mare skill þat we Cristen men didd swilke wirschepe þare to at þe reuerence of Godd þan mistrowand.
- c1440 Treat.PN(2) (Thrn)262 : Thi nam be blissede in þe hertes of paynymmes, i. paganorum, and Iewes, and in þe mystrowande.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)460/135 : Who trowis it not, as mistrowand, For faute of trouth dampned is he.