Etymology

misrede

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Today it means: To advise unwisely or to bad purpose; miscounsel; misadvise. Full definition →

Middle English misreden ← Old English misrǣdan
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The story

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

From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + rede. Compare misread.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishmisreden all →

misread

Old Englishmisrǣdan all →

misread

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