misread

The story

1. Old English · inherited frommisrǣdan“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”
2. Middle English · inherited frommisreden
3. English todaymisread

From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian misräide (“to go wrong, fail”), Dutch misraden (“to guess wrongly”), German missraten (“to fail; go wrong; become wayward”). For the noun, compare Old English misrǣd (“misguidance; misconduct”).

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