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meord

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
meord, meorð, meard, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§244; §367;
Reward, pay
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  • Byþ ðé meorð wið God,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 550
    • ;
    • An. 275.
  • Meard

    premium,

    • Rtl. 165, 5.
  • Leán ł meard (mearda, pl. Lind.)

    merces,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 12.
  • Leán ł mearde

    mercedem,

    • 6, 2
    • ; (meard, Lind.),
    • 10, 41.
  • Geld him meard

    redde illis mercedem,

    • Lind. 20, 8.
  • Meorde (mearda, Lind.) onfóeþ

    mercedem accipit,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 36: Exon. 48 b
    • ;
    • Th. 167, 13
    • ;
    • Gú. 1059: 62 b
    • ;
    • Th. 230, 15
    • ;
    • Ph. 472: 76 a
    • ;
    • Th. 286, 9
    • ;
    • Jul. 729.
  • Meorda hleótan, gingra geafena,

    • 48 a
    • ;
    • Th. 164, 20
    • ;
    • Gú. 1014.
  • Ðé síe þone meorda and miltsa

    to thee be thanks for rewards and mercies,

    • 118 b
    • ;
    • Th. 456, 15
    • ;
    • Hy. 4, 67.
  • Morða,

    • 95 a
    • ;
    • Th. 355, 24
    • ;
    • Reim. 82.
Etymology
[
Goth. mizdo
:
Gk. μισθός.
]
Linked entries
v.  meard méd.
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  • meord, n.