Etymology

mislie

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Today it means: To lie awkwardly, uncomfortably, or amiss. Full definition →

Middle English mislien
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommislien
  2. English todaymislie

From Middle English mislien, mislyen, equivalent to mis- + lie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.