mere-steall
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A pool of stagnant water, pond Of þǽre oferfylle cumað þá unrihtan lustas, gelíce and on meresteallum wyrmas týddrað, Verc. Först. 169
mere-swín
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Mereswín luligines, An. Ox. 41, 1. Add
mete-áfliúng
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mete-flíung
mete-ærn
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a refectory :-- Þonne tǽce ic eów hwǽr þára bróðra metern (refectorium) wǽre, Gr. D. 147, 34. Add
mete-cleofa
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A pantry Met[e]clyf[a] cellarium, An. Ox. 56, 270
mete-cú
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Be oxanhyrde . . . his metecú mót gán mid hláfordes oxan. Be cúhyrde . . . gá his metecú mid hlafordes cú, Ll. Th. i. 438, 12-20. Add
mete-cweorra
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Surfeit of food(?) Wið metecweorran, Lch. iii. 60, 4
Linked entries: -cweorra á-cweorran
mete-fætels
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-fǽtels
mete-leást
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Þǽr onsæt mycel hungor, and seó mycele wǽdl þǽre meteleáste genyrwde ealle þá landleóde fames incubuerat, magnaque onmes alimentorum indigentia coangustabat, Gr. D. 145, 6. Hú mage wé þus feáwa feohtan ongeán þás meniu, nú wé synd gewǽhte mid gewinne
mete-rǽdere
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The brother appointed for the week to read aloud to the others at meals. Cf. Be ðǽre wucan rǽdere. Gebróðra gereorde æt hyra mýsum ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 2-4, Gyf þú meterǽdere fyldstól habban wille, Tech. ii. 122, 20
mete-þíht
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Strong from taking food (?)
mete-tíd
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Mealtime Þá þá seó mætetíd (mete-, v. l., tempus refectionis ) cóm, Gr. D. 277, 24. Gif wé fæstað and ꝥ underngereord tó þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne bið ꝥ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad, and bið ꝥ æfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436,
nón-mete
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Nónmete anteceniam, merendam, Hpt. 31, 14, 353. Add
ofer-mete
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Deóflice dǽda on gífernessan, on ofermettan and on oferfyllan, Ll. Th. i. 310, 17. Add
ofer-méttu
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For ðæs ríces heánesse him weóxon ofermétto, Past. 113, 6 : 425, 18. Hé cwæð ðæt ǽlces yfles fruma wǽre ofermétta quia initium omnis peccati superbia, 301, 4: 307, 2. Sió scyld ðára ofermétta superbiae culpa, 311, 23 : 271, 23 : 439, 3. Mid ðǽm oferméttum
on-médla
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Hé tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gealpettunga, Nap. 27, 40. Add
sund-mere
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On sundmere (printed onfund-) in nataria (l. natatoria, v. Jn. 9, 7), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 12. Add
undern-mete
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Mid him beran his undernmete (-gereord, v.l., prandium), Gr. D. 150, 14. Add
ǽfen-mete
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Ǽfenmete cena Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 66 :ii. 17, 26. Ðende hiá æt ðǽrn ǽfenmete wérun coenantibus eis Mt. R. 26, 26. Add
Brecenan-mere
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- Flor.
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Brecknock, the capital of Brecknockshire in South Wales ⬩ Brechinia
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Brecknock, the capital of Brecknockshire in South Wales; Brechinia. Gibson says, — Ad secundum circiter milliare a Brecknock in Wallia conspicitur Brecknockmere. Arx autem quam in nostris Annalibus Æthelfleda dicitur expugnasse, fuit, opinor, apud ipsum
Linked entry: Bretenan-mere