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miskenning

noun

Etymology

From Middle English miskenninge, from Old English miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, a fine exacted for such a mistake”), equivalent to misken + -ing or mis- + kenning. Cognate with Dutch miskenning (“misunderstanding, mistreatment”).

  1. inherited from miscennung — “a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, a fine exacted for such a mistake”
  2. inherited from miskenninge

Definitions

  1. A wrong citation.

    • So that by about 1300, Dublin (b) or Waterford spoke with authority thus : "... it may be a cause of miskenning if perchance it happens that a man sues at the bar and the other party answers him, [...]
    • And that they be not made to suffer on account of miskenning in their suits, that is, if they have not pleaded exactly right.

  2. present participle and gerund of misken

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA