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▪ I. † misˈcomfort, n. Obs.
[mis-1 7.]
Distress, desolation, trouble; = discomfort n. 2.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2992 He ne wyste what lond ne port He was aryued, for mys-confort. a1340Hampole Psalter lxxii. 19 How ar þai made in miscomforth [in desolacionem]. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. iv. (Skeat) l. 4 Than thought me that Love gan a litel to hevye for miscomfort of my chere. 1483Cath. Angl. 241/1 A Miscomforthe, mesticia. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 42 b, To theyr great confusyon & miscomfort.
▪ II. † misˈcomfort, v. Obs.
[mis-1 7.]
trans. To trouble, distress, disturb.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8508 To chastyse hym..Þat he myscumfort eft noun oþer. a1340Hampole Psalter lxxii. 19 How ar þai miscomforthed. Ibid. cxix. 4 Aruys sharpe of þe myghty with kolis myscomfortand [cum carbonibus desolatoribus]. 1470–85Malory Arthur x. xxix. 460 Fyghte frely..& myscomforte yow noughte for ony knyȝt. 1483Cath. Angl. 241/1 To Miscomforthe, desolari. |