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misdeed|mɪsˈdiːd| [OE. misdǽd = OS. misdâd, OFris. misdede, MLG. misdât (MDu. misdaet, Du. misdaad), OHG. missi-, missetât, misso-, missidât (MHG. missetât, G. missetat), Goth. missadêþs: see mis-1 4 and deed n.] An evil deed; a wrong action; an offence; a crime. † In ME. also in collective sense = misdoings.
c879ælfred Gregory's Past. C. liii. 413 Mine misdæda bioð simle beforan me. a1200Moral Ode 130 A hwilke time se eure Mon of þinchþ his mis-dede [MS. Trin. misdade]. c1200Ormin 10618 Þat missdede þat wass don Þurrh Adam & þurrh Eve. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 32/86 Lo here godes lomb, þat bi-nimeth þe worldes mis-dede. 1340Ayenb. 114 Voryef ous oure misdedis ase we uoryeueþ to ham. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋206 He was woundid for oure mysdede, and defouled by oure felonyes. 1470–85Malory Arthur xvi. xiv. 683 Ye lefte me..and suffred me in perylle of deth..And for that mysdede now I ensure you but deth, for wel haue ye deserued it. 1535Coverdale Ps. l. 9 Turne thy face fro my synnes, and put out all my myszdedes. 1663Butler Hud. i. iii. 349 Like caitiff vile, that for misdeed Rides with his face to rump of steed. 1726Pope Odyss. xxii. 290 That impious race to all their past misdeeds Would add our blood. 1841Elphinstone Hist. India II. 53 These misdeeds were not entirely unmixed with good actions. |