misselijc

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *missilīk, from Proto-Germanic *missalīkaz.

Adjective

misselijc

1. different, various
2. diverse, varied, motley
3. variable, unsure, unpredictable
4. confused
5. unfitting, wrong, shameful

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• messelijc (Flemish)

Descendants

• Dutch: misselijk
• Limburgish: misselik

Further reading

• “misselijc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “misselijc (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I