medume
- adjective
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Medeme
mediocer,
- Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18 ;
- Som. 9, 67.
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Gif hwylc man forstele deórwurþe þing ... Gif hwylc man medeme þing (
rem mediocrem
)stele,
- L. Ecg. P. ii. 25 ;
- Th. ii. 192, 17-20.
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Medume leódgeld
a half fine
(cf.medietas leudis,
and other examples,- Grmm. R. A. 653 ),
- L. Ethb. 7 ;
- Th. i. 4, 9: 21 ;
- Th. i. 8, 3.
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Hé hæfþ medemne wæstm
he is of middle height,
- Homl. Th. i. 456, 18.
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Heáfdu medumra manna
heads of average, ordinary men,
- Salm. Kmbl. 525 ;
- Sal. 262.
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Gehwar gebúrrihta sýn hefige, gehwar medeme (
moderate
),- L. R. S. 4 ;
- Th. i. 434, 5.
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Se mǽsta segl acateon; se medemesta segl
epidromas; se lesta dalum,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 51-53.
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-- Medemra þegna heregeata
the medial thanes' heriots,
- L. C. S. 72 ;
- Th. i. 414, 12.
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Ic tǽhte ðám rícan ... ic tǽhte ðám medeman mannum ... Ic bebeád þearfum,
- Homl. Th. i. 378, 20.
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Heáfodmynstres griþbryce ... medemran mynstres ... and ðonne git læssan,
- L. Eth. ix. 5 ;
- Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3 ;
- Th. i. 360, 21.
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Ðæs medemestan lífes
(the life mid-way between the best and worst,
-
cf.
mon forlǽt ðæt wyrreste líf and ne mæg git cuman tó ðæm betstan,
- 10 ),
- Past. 51, 6 ;
- Swt. 399, 15.
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-- Mínre yldstan déhter ... ðære medemestan ... ðære gingstan,
- Chart. Th. 488, 28-32: 489, 23-25.
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Hé wæs þurh eall meodum (MS. B. medeme: MS. O. medum)
erat dignus per omnia,
- Bd. 4, 3 ;
- S. 567, 19.
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Meoduma,
- Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 37.
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Hwelc se beón scolde ðe medome (
dignus
)hierde bión sceolde,
- Past. 11, 7 ;
- Swt. 73, 20, Medeme, Blickl. Homl. 129, 35.
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Hé wyrþ ǽlces cræftes medeme (
fit for, capable of
)... ǽlces þinges swá medeme swá hé ǽfre medemast (medomist,
- MS
- . Cott. ),
- Bt. 38, 5 ;
- Fox 206, 25-29.
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Hwylc ðæt medeme gód wæs hwylc ðæt unmedeme
quæ sit imperfecti, quæ perfecti boni forma,
- 35, 1 ;
- Fox 134, 4.
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Medeme fæsten
a proper fast,
- L. E. I. 39 ;
- Th. ii. 436, 35.
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Medeme lác,
- Blickl. Homl. 37, 32.
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Ful medomne wæstm,
- 55, 5.
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Drihtne tó geearnienne medome folc (
'a prepared people,'
- Lk. 1, 17 ),
- 165, 15.
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Ne gedéþ se anweald gódne ne meodumne (MS. Cott. medomne)
power makes him neither good nor worthy,
- Bt. 16, 3 ;
- Fox 56, 20.
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Góde and medeme,
- Blickl Homl. 129, 23 ;
- 32.
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Mid medemum wæstmum hreówe
dignis pænitentia fructibus,
- Bd. 4, 27 ;
- S. 604, 24: Mt. Kmbl. 3, 8.
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Medeme þinc
res dignas,
- Kent. Gl. 396.
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Drihten ðú ðe eall medemu geworhtest and náht unmedemes,
- Shrn. 165, 31.
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Ne mágon wé nánwuht findan betere (MS. Cott. medemre) ðonne God,
- Bt. 34, 4 ;
- Fox 138, 26.
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Nis meodumre ne mára ðonne
it is not too good nor too great for,
- Exon. 38 a ;
- Th. 125, 16 ;
- Gú. 355.
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Ðæt medemæste
the best,
- Bt. 24, 4 ;
- Fox 86, 10.
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Ða medumestan ealdras
exspectabiles senatores,
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 51.
Bosworth, Joseph. “medume.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22568.
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