MISTE, MISSA

The inflections of the verb to miss are striking because they do not correspond to the usual grammar of the texts, nor to the forms found in known Old Frisian dictionaries or other related languages.

For example:

• infinitive is MISTE in two different texts where MISSA would be expected
• present plural is used once (1st person), also as MISTE where MISSE or MISSA(TH) would be expected
• present participle is used once as MISTANE where MISSANE or MISSANDE would be expected

The use of this verb is an argument against theories in which an alleged creator would have used Old Frisian dictionaries or existing known languages to concoct the Fryas language of the Oera Linda manuscript (with its great internal variety of spelling and grammar).

cognates

Note that a T is never used in the infinitive:

• Dutch - missen  (also Middle Dutch)
• German - missen (also Old German)
• Frisian - misse (Old Frisian - missa)
• English - miss (Old English - missan)
• Norse - missa (also Old Norse)

fragments

Ec. Defense Laws

[021] SA MOT.I THA SJVGUNDE DÉI MISTE — he must miss [a] day → infinitive

F2. Minerva

[034] THA HJA SÁGON THÀT HJARA SKOT MIST HÉDE — [the] shot had missed → perfect

[034] THÉRMITHA MISTON HJA HJARA DOL — they missed [the] target → past plural 3rd person

K2. Wodin

[055] SVNDER ENKEL MAN TO MISTANE — missing [a] man → present participle

L1a. Kelta and Minerva

[064] ÀND KUNNATH HJA VS WEL MISTE — they can miss us → infinitive

[065] THACH KÀLTA MISTE ALHWITHER HJRA DOL — [she] missed [her] target → past singular 3rd person

R6b. Along the Rhine

[109] SONT WI SKÉNLAND MISTE. SEND HJA NÉI THA BERGA GVNGEN — we miss Skeanland → present plural 1st person

edits

• [021] MISTE → MISSA
• [055] MISTANE → MISSANE
• [064] MISTE → MISSA
• [109] MISTE → MISSE

discussion

Mist (fog; Middle Low German, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish: also mist; Icelandic mistur) might be related: clear sight is missed.