mistrum

Middle English

Etymology

mys- +‎ trum, compare untrum (“feeble”).

Adjective

mistrum

  1. (hapax, Early Middle English) scant, poor

Further reading
  • 1975, Hans Kurath, Middle English Dictionary, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 276:
    c1230(?a1200) Ancr. 134/23: Loke nu hwa gruccheð . . mistrum mel [Tit [erroneously]: of mistime meal] of unsauuree metes.
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  • “mistrum, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
    c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)134/23 : Loke nu hwa gruccheð, ʒef ha þencheð wel heron, mistrum [Cleo: mistrume; Tit: mistime] mel, of unsauuree metes, of poure pitance.
  • Bella Millett (2005) Ancrene Wisse: A Corrected Edition of the Text in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Ms 402, with Variants from Other Manuscripts: “mistrum adj. scanty, poor, unsustaining etc.”
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