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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1475
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Miskepe, Mys-, v. [ME. (14th c.) and e.m.E.] tr. To look after or care for, badly or wrongly, to fail to care for (Kepe v. 10 a); to fail to keep (counsel, a secret) (Kepe v. 22 b). — c1420 Ratis Raving 115.
Luk nane of thi fyve wyttis sere … Be miskepyt, my sone, in thea. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x. 1158.
He [Cumyn] serwyt dede be rycht law off his king, So raklesly myskepyt sic a thing [sc. the ‘band’ between himself and Bruce]
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