An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Mistirful, adj. Necessitous.
Douglas.

Mistry, s. Strait.
Barbour.

MISTLIE, adj.
1. Dull, solitary, from the absence of some object to which one is attached. Loth. Roxb.; also misslie.
Gl. Sibb.
2. Bewildered on a road, Roxb.
3. Dreary, ibid. [Eerie] synon.

From Su. G. mist-a, to want, and lik expressing state or resemblance: or Teut. misselick, incertus in quo errare potest. This closely corresponds with sense 2.

To MISTRAIST, v. n. To mistrust.
V. [Traist].
Wallace.

To MISTRYST, v. a. To break an engagement with, S.
V. [Tryst].
Gl. Sibb.

To MISTROW, v. a.
1. To suspect, to mistrust.
Barbour.
2. To disbelieve.
Wyntown.

Isl. misstru-a, Belg. mistrouw-en, id.

Mistrowing, s. Distrust.

Belg. mistrowen, id.