What does miswend mean?
Miswend means (obsolete) To go wrong; to stray..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(obsolete) To go wrong; to stray..
It sitteth not in no maner wyse / A thefe for theft to syt in iudgement, / A lecherous man a lechour to chastise, / Nor he that hath al his lyfe spent / In waste & riote forfeted and miswent.
I now forsake the former tyme I spent. / And sorie am, for that I was miswent.
But things miscounselled must needs miswend.
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Miswend means (obsolete) To go wrong; to stray..
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It sitteth not in no maner wyse / A thefe for theft to syt in iudgement, / A lecherous man a lechour to chastise, / Nor he that hath al his lyfe spent / In waste & riote forfeted and miswent.
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