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myne

(n.)
Grammar
myne, es; m.

the mind ⬩ mind ⬩ purpose ⬩ desire ⬩ love

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the mind Mód mægnade, mine fægnade, Exon. 94 b; Th. 353, 56; Reim. 33. mind (as in to have a mind for anything), purpose, desire Læssan hwíle ðonne his myne sóhte for a less time than he would have desired, Beo. Th. 5138; B. 2572. Wæs him út myne fleón

Linked entries: ǽle-puta mynele myne-líc

broel

(n.)
Grammar
broel, brogel, es; n. [corrupted from the Mid. Lat. brolium or briolium]

A park, warren stored with deer ⬩ vivarium, hortus cervorum,

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A park, warren stored with deer; hence the BROYL, a wood in Sussex, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; vivarium, hortus cervorum, Som

for-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
for-sceap, es; n. [from sceapen formed, created; pp. of sceppan to create] What is for- or mis-shapen

a fault ⬩ crime ⬩ mălefactum

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a fault, crime; mălefactum Me nædre to forsceape scyhte the serpent incited me to crime, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 22; Gen. 898

Linked entry: sceap

ge-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mód, adj. [mód mind]

Of one mind, agreed ⬩ concors

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Of one mind, agreed; concors Ðíne freónd næfst ðé swá gemóde swá swá ðú woldest thou hast not thy friends in such agreement with thee as thou wouldest, Shrn. 182, 5. Wæs ðú gemód ðínum ðæm weðerwearde esto consentiens adversario tuo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush.

mód-unmeaht

(n.)
Grammar
mód-unmeaht, -miht.

Linked entry: un-meaht

ge-unmihtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unmihtan, pp. -miht
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To deprive of strength His geféran feóllon geunmihte, Hml. S. 25, 771

Linked entry: un-mihtan

mór

Grammar
mór, I. add: — Hí eardiað an þæs gedwildes móre and meoxe (in luto heresis), Chrd. 96, 31. Móras salebras, i. loca lutosa, An. Ox. 17, 63. The word occurs often in charters, v. Midd. Flur.

meaht

(n.)
Grammar
meaht, <b>, maht, meaht, meht, mieht, miht,</b> e; f. (but mihtes,
  • Ps, Th. 70, 18
).

Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work

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Might, power, virtue, ability Meaht eorþlíces ríces potestas terreni imperii, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 13. Seó godcunde meht, Blickl. Homl. 19, 20. Gif hǽto oððe meht ne wyrne lǽt him blód if heat, or his ability to bear it do not forbid, let him blood, L.

Linked entries: mæht miht un-gemeaht

widl

(n.)
Grammar
widl, filth, pollution : — Ǽlc widðil omnis pollutio, Rtl. 98, 24. Idese mid widle and mid womme besmítan, Judth. Thw. 22, 12; Jud. 59. Widl and fúl
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inluviem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 53. Geseah síde sǽlwongas synnum gehladene, widlum gewemde, Cd. Th. 78, 16; Gen. 1294

Linked entry: ge-widlian

meolc

(n.)
Grammar
meolc, meoluc, milc, e; f.

Milk

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Milk Ðeós meolc hoc lac, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 76; Som. 14, 21: Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 31. Súr meolc oxygala, acidum lac: þicce meolc colustrum, 28, 2-3. Áwilled meolc juta, 290, 45. Hé ( the Pater Noster ) biþ sáwle hunig and módes meolc, Salm. Kmbl. 135; Sal. 67

Linked entry: milc

missen-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
missen-, misen-, missend-líc; adj.

Dissimilar ⬩ different ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ divers

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Dissimilar, different, diverse, various, divers Hwítes hiowes and eác missenlíces candido versicolore, Nar. 16, 1. Draca missenlíces hiwes, 43, 13. For missenlíce heora feaxes hiwe óðer wæs cweden se bleaca Heáwold óðer se hwíta ( pro diversa capillorum

ge-módod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-módod, part. [mód the mind]

Minded, disposed ⬩ prōnus, proclīvis

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Minded, disposed; prōnus, proclīvis Sume beóþ þwyrlíce gemódode some are perversely minded, Homl. Th. i. 524, 18

cattes

(n.)
Grammar
cattes, mint, e; f.
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Cat's mint, cat-mint; felina mentha. nepeta cataria, Lin. Som. Ben. Lye

eall-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
eall-meaht, -miht, e; f.
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Omnipotence On mihtigre handa and on eallmihte earmes in manu forti et brachio excelso, Ps. Th. 135, 12

sol

(n.)
Grammar
sol, a miry place.
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Sola uolutabra, An. Ox. 2, 314. Add

Linked entry: solu

un-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemet, es; n.

immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very

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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,

Linked entries: un-gemete on-gemet

mígan

(v.)
Grammar
mígan, p. máh, pl. migon

To make water

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To make water Ic míge mingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 63. Ic míge meio; míge gé meite; mígan meire, 33; Som. 37, 44-45. Ðæt hé mýhþ ( mingit ), byþ sweart, Lchdm. iii. 140, 22. Ðám ðe under hý mígaþ, L. Med. ex Quad. 8, 12; Lchdm. i. 360, 8

gryre-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
gryre-meaht, gryre-miht, e; f.
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A power that inspires terror, terrible power His (Antichrist's) hlísa and gryremiht bitf from sǽ tó sǽ, Wlfst. 195, 20

fore-meahtiglic

(adj.)
Grammar
fore-meahtiglic, (-miht-); adj.

strenuous

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Very strong, strenuous Þá strangan oððe foremihtiglice strenua (the corresponding gloss in Hpt. Gl. 405, 29 is: strenua þá foremih[tigan? or -tiglican?), þá stra[n]gan ł foremihti[gan? or -glice?]), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 60

Linked entries: fore-meahtig fore-mihtiglíce

bróc-minte

(n.)
Grammar
bróc-minte, an; f: bróc-mint, e; f.

BROOKMINT, horsemint ⬩ mentha sylvestris ⬩ Σισύμβριον ⬩ sisymbrium officinale

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BROOKMINT, horsemint; mentha sylvestris, Lin.Lin. Σισύμβριον sisymbrium officinale Brócminte. Genim ðysse wyrte wós, ðe man sisymbrium, and óðrum naman brócminte nemneþ Brookmint. Take the juice of this plant, which men call σισύμβριον, and by another

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