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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

meten-lic

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meten-líce

(adv.)

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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.)
Grammar
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

pan-mete

(n.)
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Insert after panic

searu-mete

(n.)
Grammar
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

tó-métan

(v.)
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to measure out, mete out Dena eardungstówa ic tómete conuallem tabernaculorum dimetiar, Ps. L. 107, 8

eáþ-médan

Similar entry: ge-eáþmédan

sǽ-méðe

(adj.)
Grammar
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

úter-mere

(n.)
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úter-mere, es; m.

Outer-seaopen sea

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Outer-sea, open sea Hié forfóron him ðone múðan on útermere, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 22

wæter-méle

(n.)
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wæter-méle, wæter-mǽle,es; m.

A water-cup

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A water-cup Wæterméle pelvis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78;Zup. 75, 15. Wætermǽle pulvis, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 68

Linked entry: méle

ǽfen-mete

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽfen-mete, adj.

Provided with supper

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(?) Provided with supper; (=-æt?) éfenmeti wéron hiá coenantibus eis, Mt. L. 26, 26

hæft-méce

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-méce, es; m.

A hilted sword

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A hilted sword, Beo. Th 2918; B. 1457

wín-mere

Similar entry: wín-cóle