Mis-rǽdan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

mis-rǽdan

Add: To misread a riddle, give a wrong answer to, misinterpret :-- Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde, onfó sé mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and sé ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, II. mis-rædan