Middle English Dictionary Entry
mistrum adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | mistrum adj. Also (error) mistime. |
| Etymology | From OE trum adj. Cp. ME untrum feeble. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a meal: scant, poor.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)134/23 : Loke nu hwa gruccheð, ȝef ha þencheð wel heron, mistrum [Cleo: mistrume; Tit: mistime] mel, of unsauuree metes, of poure pitance.