Meaning of misgloss | Babel Free

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To provide an incorrect translation or synopsis of

Examples

“Upis taught, Misunderstood, misgloss'd, the tale how brought Harmonia was to Cadmus — higher than Her mate in race, a dæmon, he mere man;”

“But the definition is anachronistic and misglosses the citation it was presumably devised to explain.”

“Both its traditional subject matter and the concision of its form have recommended it to this very day as a promise of "infinite riches in a little room” (=stanza) , to misgloss Marlowe's phrase.”

“In a scheme that involves material possessions in huge quantity and counts on Calchas's thrice-invoked greed (1369, 1377–78, 1399), Criseyde claims that she will convince Calchas that it was his cowardice that caused him to misgloss "goddes text" (1409-11).”

“It means 'white tip' and not 'white of the eye' as Krämer misglosses it.”

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