máðum-sweord
A costly sword
Entry preview:
A costly sword Mǽre máððumsweord, Beo. Th. 2050; B. 1023
meaht-mód
Strong feeling ⬩ passion
Entry preview:
Strong feeling, passion Wǽron heaðowylmas heortan getenge mihtmód wera fierce rage pressed on the heart, and the mighty passions of men, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 10; Exod. 149
mealm-stán
Maum-stone
Entry preview:
Maum-stone. 'In agro Oxoniensi lapidem invenies friabilem, quem maum vocant indiginæ.' E. D. S. Gloss. B. 15. A correspondent of Dr. Bosworth's writes: 'The Maumstone is to be found, more or less, all over Wiltshire, especially towards Stonehenge. It
Linked entry: cealc-stán
mealt-hús
A malt-house ⬩ brationarium
Entry preview:
A malt-house; brationarium, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 127; Wrt. Voc. 58, 38
mearc-bróc
A brook which serves as a boundary
Entry preview:
A brook which serves as a boundary Andlang Ecclesburnon tó ðam meatcbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 193, 31. Ðis synd ða landgemǽra. Ǽrest ðǽr mercbróc scýt on Seolesburnan; of mearcbróce ... swá andlang burnan eft on mérbróce, 284, 12-30
mearc-ísern
A branding-iron
Entry preview:
A branding-iron Mearcísern cauterium, Ep. Gl. 8 d, 35: Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 76: ferrum quo note pecudibus inuruntur, 3. Mercíseren, 102, 58
mearc-mót
The place where the assembly (mót) of a district (mearc) was held
Entry preview:
The place where the assembly (mót) of a district (mearc) was held Ðis syndon ða landgemǽra ... tó mercemót; fram mercemóte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii, 71, 31. v. Saxons in England, i. 55
mearc-treów
A tree serving as a boundary
Entry preview:
A tree serving as a boundary Ðonne tó mearctreówe, Cod. Dip. Kembl. iii. 434, 18
mearc-wæd
Boundary-water ⬩ the water by the shore
Entry preview:
Boundary-water, the water by the shore Wlanc monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds
Linked entry: mearc-pæð
mearc-weard
A mark-warden ⬩ a wolf
Entry preview:
A mark-warden, a wolf, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 14; Exod. 168
mearc-weg
A road that forms part of a boundary
Entry preview:
A road that forms part of a boundary Andlang mearcweges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 40, 3. On mearcwei, iii. 202, 5
mearh-gehæcc
A kind of pudding ⬩ a sausage
Entry preview:
A kind of pudding, a sausage Mearhgehæc isica (insicia genus farciminis, seu obsonii ex carne concisa, Forcellini), Wrt. Voc, ii. 48, 35. Mærhgehæc (-hæt, Wrt.) isicia, i. 27, 22. [Halliwell gives 'hack the lights, liver, and heart of a boar or swine
Linked entry: ge-hæc
mearh-hæccel
A sausage ⬩ hog's-pudding
Entry preview:
A sausage, hog's-pudding Gehæcca oððe mearhæccel farcimen (farcimen intestinum varie ac minutim concisa carne refertum, Forcellini), Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 77
méce-fisc
A mullet
Entry preview:
A mullet Méce-(mǽce-)fisc mugil, Ælfc. Gl. Zup, 308, 5
Linked entry: mǽce-fisc
médren-cynn
Maternal kin ⬩ kin by the mother's side
Entry preview:
Maternal kin, kin by the mother's side Ælfrédes reht meódrencynn Alfred's direct maternal kin, Chart. Th. 483, 5. Ðæt wé ðín médrencynn mótan cunnan, nú wé áreccan ne mágon ðæt fædrencynn, Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 34; Cri. 246
medu-ærn
A house in which mead is drunk ⬩ a banqueting-house
Entry preview:
A house in which mead is drunk, a banqueting-house Medoærn micel, Beo. Th. 138; B. 69
medu-full
A mead-cup
Entry preview:
A mead-cup Meoduful, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 2; Vy. 66. Medoful, Beo. 1253; B. 624: 2034; B. 1015
medu-scenc
A draught or cup of mead
Entry preview:
A draught or cup of mead Meoduscencum hwearf geond ðæt healreced (cf. Ymbeode ides Helminga óððæt heó Beówulfe medoful æt bær, 1244-), Beo. Th. 3965; B. 1980
Linked entry: scenc
medu-setl
A mead-seat ⬩ a seat in a banqueting-hall
Entry preview:
A mead-seat, a seat in a banqueting-hall, Beo. Th. 10; B. 5
mentel-preón
A mantle-pin ⬩ brooch
Entry preview:
A mantle-pin, brooch Hió becwiþ hyre mentelpreón, Charl. Th. 533, 33