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-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
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
á-metan
Similar entry: efen-ámeten
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
- Bd
- Flor.
- Hunt.
- Hovd.
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
Bretenan-mere
The British mere or lake, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire ⬩ loci nomen apud Cambrenses
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The British mere or lake, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire; loci nomen apud Cambrenses, Som
ofer-mete
Food in excess, a feast where food is in excess
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Food in excess, a feast where food is in excess :— Se ofermete ne befæst ús nǽfre Gode esca nos non commendat Deo, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 316, 19. Ofermettas commessationes Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 13 note
smeá-mete
A delicacy
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A delicacy On ðás tíd (Lent) sceal beón forhæfednes gehwylcra smeámetta L. E. I. 40; Th. ii. 438, 9. Disc mid cynelícum mettum (smeámettum, MS. B.) gefylled discus, regalibus epulis refertus Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 15
beán-melu
Bean-meal
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Bean-meal Genim beánmela, Lch. ii. 84, 4
med-trum-ness
Infirmity ⬩ ill-health ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness
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Infirmity, ill-health, sickness, illness Seó lange mettrumnes ðæs seócan mannes, ðonne hine God forlǽtan nele éþelíce lifian, ne hé swyltan ne móte, Blickl. Homl. 59, 28. Hwílum ofþrycþ ðone líchoman ungemetlícu mettrymnes ( languor). Ongeán swelce metrymnesse