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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Misperso(u)n, v. Also: mys- and -persone. [Altered f. Disperson(e v. Only Sc.] tr. To treat with indignity or contumely; chiefly or only, to abuse verbally, to insult or slander. 14.. Burgh Laws c. 78 (A).
Giff ony mispersonis or missayis balȝes in burgh 1530 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 134. 1535 Ib. MS. XV. (Jam.).
He had myspersonit hir with ewill wordis, callyng hir huyr & coyne 1543 Ib. XVIII. 1550 Old Dundee II. 151. 1553 (c 1650) Dundee B. Laws 15. 1562 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 7. 1569 Lanark B. Rec. 46. 1582 Dundee B. Laws 547. 1587 Ib. 478.
Gif ony persone off the craft foirsaid manasses, mispersounis or misreportis de dekin 1607 Ib. 410.