MǼD
- noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Mǽd
pratum,
- Ælfc. Gl. 57 ;
- Som. 67, 75 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 38, 1 : 96 ;
- Som. 76, 45 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 53, 52. xii
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æcras an westhealfe ðære strǽte and án médwa beneoþan ðæm hliþe
xii acres on the west side of the road, and one meadow beneath the hill,
- Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. vi
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æcras mǽde on ða geréfmǽde,
- 53, 2. xvi
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gioc ærþelandes and médwe,
- i. 316, 26.
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On Wíferþes mǽduan hege
to the hedge of Wiferth's meadow,
- iii. 78, 21.
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Andlang heges on Eomeres mǽduan,
(cf. on Eomeres médwa- 405, 24 );
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of ðam mǽduan . . . andlang burnan on Hereferþes mǽduan,
- 78, 6-9.
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Tó wudumǽdwan; of ðæm mǽdwan,
- 246, 22.
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(In the last two passages perhaps the forms are plural as in)
Tó ðǽm mǽdwum wið súðan ða mǽdwa,
- 169, 2-3.
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[Mid lǽswe and mid mǽdwe,
- Chr. 777 ;
- Erl. 55, 12. ]
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Gelíce and mon mǽd máwe
just as one mows a meadow,
- Ors. 2, 8 ;
- Swt. 92, 15.
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xiiii æceras and ða mǽde ðe ðár tó líþ Ðúnstán gebohte æt Uhtlufe
xiiii acres and the meadow pertaining thereto Dunstan bought of Uhtlufu,
- Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 34.
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Norþrihte on mǽre mǽde westewearde,
- iii. 416, 18.
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Of ðere ealdan díc ðæt on wylihte mǽdwan; of wylihte mǽdwan,
- 235, 16.
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On rýdmǽdwan ufewarde,
- 378, 14.
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Eahta æceras mǽdwa . . . xii æceras mǽdwa,
- 4, 12-13.
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Mǽda
prata,
- Hpt. Gl. 409, 38.
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Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on mǽdum
this plant is produced in meadows,
- Herb. 1, 1 ;
- Lchdm. i. 70, 2.
Bosworth, Joseph. “MǼD.” 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/22023.
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