adv.
'amiss' (Modern English amiss)
PGmc Ancestor
*miss-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
(á) miss 'so as to miss'
(ONP miss (sb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Icel mis, Norw miss
OE Cognate
cp. mis- (prefix), missan 'to miss, escape the notice of'
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
C4
(CC1a)
Common and widespread from the early 13c; mys (n.) is attested once in OE in the relatively late LS34 (Seven Sleepers), and common and widespread in ME.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 4326