Mis-spówan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mis-spówan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- mis-spówan
- to succeed badly :-- Hé sǽde ðæt hit ðæm cyninge læsse edwit wǽre, gif ðæm folce búton him misspeówe if it went ill with the people when he was not with them, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 34. mis-spowan