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mǽl-mete

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-mete, es; m.

Food to eat

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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]

meale-hús

Similar entry: melu-hús

medum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
medum-líc, adj.

middlingmoderatesmallworthyhonourable

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middling, moderate, small Gehwǽdum ł medemlícum mediocri, Hpt. Gl. 505, 55. Hé hæfþ medemlíce nosu (cf. medmicle neosu þynne naso pertenui, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34) he has a slender nose, Homl. Th. i. 456, 18. worthy, honourable Medomlícan dignitosam,

medum-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
medum-líce, adv.

moderatelyin a small degreeimperfectlyworthilyfitlykindly

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moderately, in a small degree, imperfectly Medomlíce mediocriter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 27. Wé cunnon ðære leóde gereord, ná medemlíce ac fulfremedlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 3. worthily, fitly, kindly Similar entries (cf. mǽþ-líce, medum-ness) Hí nemágon

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