melu-gescot
A contribution or payment made in meal
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A contribution or payment made in meal Hwílum weaxgescot, hwílum mealtgescot, hwílum melagescot, Wulfst. 171, 2 note
melu-hús
A house in which to keep meal
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A house in which to keep meal Mealehús farinale, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 41
Linked entry: meale-hús
meolc-fæt
A vessel for holding milk ⬩ a milk-pail
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A vessel for holding milk, a milk-pail Meolcfæt mulctrale vel sinum vel mulctrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 13
Linked entry: melcing-fæt
mere-deór
A sea-beast
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A sea-beast,Beo. Th. 1120; B. 558
mere-grot
A pebble ⬩ stone of the sea ⬩ a pearl
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A pebble or stone of the sea, a pearl Ne forlǽte ic ðé nǽfre, mín meregrot! Blickl. Homl. 149, 2. Is heofena ríce gelíc ðam mangere ðe sóhte ðæt góde meregrot. Ðá hé funde ðæt án deórwyrðe meregrot ðá bohte hé ðæt meregrot, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45-46. Bergean
Linked entry: grot
mere-hrægel
A sea-garment ⬩ a sail
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A sea-garment, a sail Merehrægla sum, segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3815; B. 1905
mere-hús
A sea-house (Noah's ark)
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A sea-house (Noah's ark), Cd. 65; Th. 78, 34; Gen. 1303: 69; Th. 82, 18; Gen. 1364
mere-wíf
A water-witch ⬩ woman living in a lake
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A water-witch, woman living in a lake (Grendel's mother), Beo. Th. 3042; B. 1519
mete-corn
Corn for food
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Corn for food Ílk habbe his metecú and his metecorn, Chart. Th. 580, 7. v. next word
mete-fæt
A dish
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A dish Micel and rúm metfæt graves et ampla parabsis, Germ. 403, 18
Linked entry: met-fæt
meter-geweorc
Verse
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Verse Paulinus béc of metergeweorce on geráde sprǽce ic gehwyrfde I turned Paulinus' books front verse into prose, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 21
Linked entry: ge-weorc
míl-gemearc
Space of a mile ⬩ distance measured by miles
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Space of a mile or distance measured by miles Nis ðæt feor heonon mílgemearces ðæt se mere standeþ it is not far hence, measuring by miles, that the mere lies, Beo. Th. 2728; B. 1362
Linked entry: fót-gemearc
míl-gemet
A mile-measure ⬩ a mile-stone
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A mile-measure, a mile-stone On ðæt mílgemæt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 252, 21
míl-getæl
The number of paces in a mile ⬩ a mile
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The number of paces in a mile, a mile On ríme ðæs læssan mílgetæles ðe stadia hátte fíf hund and ðæs miclan mílgetæles ðe leuua hátte þreó hund and eahta and syxtig reckoning according to the smaller mile, which is called stadia, it is five hundred miles
miltestre-hús
A brothel
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A brothel Myltestrehús lupanar, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 53
mis-gedwild
Error
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Error Ðæt wé sóðfæstra, þurh misgedwield, mód oncyrren, Exon. 70 b; Th. 262, 1; Jul. 326
Linked entry: ge-dwild
mis-gelimp
Mishap ⬩ misadventure
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Mishap, misadventure Hé sende misgelimpu on manna bearn, Wulfst. 211, 30
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mód-earfoþ
Travail of soul ⬩ distress of mind
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Travail of soul, distress of mind Icwonn(MS. þnc) módearfoþa má, Exon. 1193; Th. 457, 19; Hy. 4, 86
mold-corn
'The granular tuber of saxifraga granulata, and the plant itself,' ⬩ Cockayne
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'The granular tuber of saxifraga granulata, and the plant itself,' Cockayne Moldcorn vulnetrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 8: Lchdm. iii. 18, 8
molegn-stycce
A portion of molegn
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A portion of molegn (?) Molegnstycce galmulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 54