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méce-fisc

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Þes mécefisc hic mugil, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 39, 1. Add

medum-lic

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add: simple Sume medemlice gesettednysse paruum decretulum, Chrd. 2, 11. Ne beó gé tó creásum reáfum gefrætwode, ac medemlicum (simplici modo), 90, 13. <b>I a.</b> of middle rank. Cf. medume; <b>II a</b> :-- On medomlicere stówe

meolc-líþe

(adj.)
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meolc-líþe, adj.
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Soft as milk, gentle Fram þám þe weg cynelicne beboda Drihtnes búton gylpes leahtre mealclíþe eádmódlíce stæppeð ab his qui uiam regiam mandatorum Domini absque iactantis uitio lactei humiliter incedunt, Angl. xiii. 369, 49

meolc-teónd

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meolc-teónd, l.
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-deónd

meox-beorh

(n.)
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a dunghill (?) Tó meox beorhym (= meoxbeorgum ?), Cht. E. 449, 35. Cf. N. E. D. mix-hill a dunghill. (?)

meox-scofl

(n.)
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meox-scofl, e; f.
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A dung-shovel Man sceal habban . . . ofurace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 3

merg-lic

Similar entry: mearh-lic

mete-awul

(n.)
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a meat-hook (?) Mán sceal habban . . . meteawel and tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 7. (?)

mete-láf

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Add:: — For hwí ne mót se ðearfa onfón þínes metes, þe mid ðé is tó onfónne heofona ríce ? . . . Hwí nis sé wyrþe ꝥ hé onfó þínra meteláfe, þe mid þé is tó cumenne tó engla gebeótscipe?, Hml. A. 142, 102-107

mete-leás

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Ne mihte Iúdas meteleás þǽr ábídan, Hml. S. 25, 447. Hié ( the Danes) sǽton on þám íglande . . . oþ þone first þe hiú wurdon swíþe meteleáse, Chr. 918; P. 98, 32. Þá león leofodon be hungre seofon niht meteleáse, Hml. S. 16, 82. Add

mete-sacca

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>mete-sticca,</b> an ; m. A spoon Metesticca [printed -sacca, but see Angl. viii. 451, 1) legula vel coclea vel cocle. Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 62 ( the word occurs in a list of objects connected with the table), v. sticca; II

mete-þing

(n.)
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mete-þing, es; n.
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An operation connected with cooking Hí man geornlíce tý ꝥ hí góde bæcystran beón and tó ǽlcum meteþingum. clǽngeorne, Chrd. 19, 19

méþ-ness

(n.)
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méþ-ness, e : f.
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Weariness, lassitude Méðnisse lassitudine, Txts. 181, 55

morgen-mete

(n.)
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In l. 3 for 129 l. 192

ofer-médla

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Hwǽr is démera dómstów? hwǽr is heora ofermédla, bútan mid moldan beðeaht and in wítum gewrecen, Wlfst. 263, 17. Add

pan-mete

(n.)
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Insert after panic

searu-mete

(n.)
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searu-mete, es; m.
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Food skilfully prepared, a dainty, delicacy Hé fylde his wambe mid searumettum, Nap. 57

smeá-mete

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Sylle man tó middægþénunge twám and twám án tyl cýssticce and sumne smeámete (cibaria alia) . . . and on ǽfen twám and twám án cýssticce and sume smeámettas (cibaria alia), Chrd. 15, 2-5: 14, 36, 37. Add

sufel-mete

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See preceding word

sǽ-méðe

(adj.)
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sǽ-méðe, adj.

Weary with being on the sea

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Weary with being on the sea Sǽméðe (Beowulf and his companions on their arrival at Hrothgar's palace], Beo. Th. 655; B. 325