mis
atviksorð
, also á mis, the older form of which was miss, which remains in missa, missir, miss-eri, and was in the earliest times sounded so, as may be seen from such rhymes as miss-löng, vissa, xi. 196 (in a verse of the beginning of the 11th century); [ misso = ἀλλήλων, a = vices]:—amiss, denoting to miss one another, pass one another without meeting: þá ríðr hann undir melinn hjá Mosvöllum er þeir bræðr ríða hit efra ok farask þeir hjá á mis, 19; as also simply farast á mis, to pass by one another so as to miss; sverð Saul hjó aldri mis, 495, 2 Sam. ii. 22; hann ætlaði at drepa keisarann … en grípr á mis Karlamagnús, he intended to slay the emperor Charlemagne, but missed him, 151; gripu þeir á miss hins bezta ráðs, they missed their opportunity, 278; göra á miss, to do amiss, 14; leggja á mis, to lay athwart or across.
B. In a great number of compds, denoting,
α. alternately, wechsel, as in mis-svefni, mis-vitr, miss-eri, missöng;β. amiss, in a wrong way; and lastly,γ. wrong, evil, see the following
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adv.atviksorð (e. adverb)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- prop.proper, properly.
- subst.substantive.
- Lat.Latin.
- Germ.German.
- compds.samsett orð (e. compounds)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Karl.Karla-magnús saga. (G. I.)
- Róm.Rómverja saga. (E. II.)
- Hom.Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)