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medu-gál

(adj.)
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medu-gál, adj.

'Flown with wine,'excited with mead

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'Flown with wine,' excited with mead Holofernus módig and medugál, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 19; Jud. 26: Cd. 209; Th. 260, 1; Dan. 703. Meodugál, Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 16; Vy. 52. Meodugáles gedrinc, 330, 27; Vy. 57

mend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mend-líc, (?); adj.

Moderatesmall

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Moderate, small Tó medmyclum (MS. C. mendlícum) fæce ad modicum, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 21

meolc-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
meolc-hwít, adj.

Milk-white

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Milk-white Of meolchwýttre lacteo, Germ. 389, 70. Meolchwítum lacteis, 397, 32

Linked entry: hwít

mere-smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
mere-smylte, adj.

Having the sea calm

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Having the sea calm Meresmylta wíc, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 24; Met. 21, 12

Linked entry: smylte

mere-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
mere-torht, adj.

Bright from bathing in the sea

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Bright from bathing in the sea (epithet of morning) Sió sunne brencþ eorþwarum morgen meretorhtne the sun rising from the sea brings bright morn to men, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 121; Met. 13, 61. Becwom ofer gársecges [begong] morgen mæretorht [or mǽretorht

Linked entry: mǽre-torht

mete-gearwa

(n.)
Grammar
mete-gearwa, pl. f.

Preparations of food

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Preparations of food Óðre hwǽtene (MS. wætan) metegearwa sint tó forbeódanne other preparations of wheaten food are to be forbidden, L. M. 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 210, 26

mete-gird

Similar entry: met-gird

mete-þearfende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
mete-þearfende, part.

Wanting food

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Wanting food Hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse meteþearfendum they made every foreigner food for themselves in want of meat, Andr. Kmbl. 54; An. 27: 272; An. 136

morgen-mete

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-mete, es; m.

A morning mealbreakfast

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A morning meal, breakfast On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa, búton morgenmetum and nónmetum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 129, 19. [ȝief he frend were me sceolðe ȝief him his morȝemete (cf. 231, 19 where it is called forme

pan-mete

(n.)
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cooked food Ǽlces cynnes panmete ferculum, Wrt. Voc.ii. 38, 59. Ponmete vivertitum, i. 290, 42

sealt-mere

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-mere, es; m: A salt mere or marsh; hence
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Saltmere.—Tó sealtmere; of sealtmere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 3

Linked entry: mere

ge-méde

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-méde, es; n.

That which pleases, satisfies, due observance

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That which pleases, satisfies, due observance Maga gemédu the due observances of kinsmen, Beo. Th. 499; B. 247

Linked entry: ge-méde

ge-mére

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mére, es; n.

A boundary, endfīnis

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A boundary, end; fīnis Fram gemérum eorþan a fīnĭbus terræ, Ps. Spl. 60, 2

ge-meta

(n.)

measures

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measures, L. C. S. 9; Th. i. 380, 24

ge-mett

(n.)

measure, manner

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measure, manner, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 7

sige-méce

(n.)
Grammar
sige-méce, es ; m.
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A victorious sword, a sword wielded by a victor's hand, Exon. Th. 93, 24 ; Cri. 1531

Linked entry: méce

sund-mere

(n.)
Grammar
sund-mere, es; m.
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A place for swimming:?-On sund mere in natatario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 50

tún-melde

(n.)
Grammar
tún-melde, an; f.
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Orach; atriplex hortensis Túnmelde crysolachan, i. aureum olus vel atriplex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 6

Linked entry: melde

wíþig-mere

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-mere, es; m.

A mere with willows on the banks

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A mere with willows on the banks On wíði*-*mære, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 188, 29. In wíðingmere, ii. 41, 4

Linked entry: wíþig

wurt-mete

Similar entry: wyrt-mete