mǽgþ
Importunate desire ⬩ ambition
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Importunate desire, ambition Ðæt mód sǽde ðæt him nǽfre seó mǽgþ and seó gítsung forwel ne lícode, Bt. tit. 17; Fox xii, 24. Cf. Ðú wást ðæt mé nǽfre seó gítsung and seó gemǽgþ ðisses eorþlícan anwealdes forwel ne lícode scis ipsa minimum nobis ambitionem
Linked entry: mýgþ
mǽl
A speech ⬩ talk ⬩ conversation
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A speech, talk, conversation Gemuna ða mǽla ðe wé oft æt meodo sprǽcon think of the talks that we oft had at table, Byrht. Th. 137, 66; By. 212
mæscre
A mesh of a net
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A mesh of a net Mæscre macula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 5
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máge
A kinswoman
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A kinswoman Elizabeþ ðín mǽge (máge, MSS. A. B.) cognata tua, Lk. Skt. 1, 36. Seó cwén his máge regina propinqua illius, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 24. Ða landes ðe hire máge hire geúþe, Chart. Th. 338, 14: 337, 27. From bearme ánre mágan, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430
Linked entry: mǽge
mamme
A teat ⬩ breast ⬩ mamma
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A teat, breast (Lat. mamma) An mamman in papillas, Germ. 401, 77
mare
Silverweed
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Silverweed,L. M. 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 74, 9
martyrung
Suffering as a martyr
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Suffering as a martyr Ymbe his martyrunga de passione Christi, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 254, 24
máse
Mouse
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Mouse in) tit-mouse Másae parrula, Ep. Gl. 20 b, 13. Máse parula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 62: 116, 36
menniscu
Humanity ⬩ state of man
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Humanity, state of man Hé forleás his mennisce ut homo esse perderet, Past. 4, 2; Swt. 39, 24
meoring
Obstacle ⬩ impediment ⬩ hindrance
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Obstacle, impediment, hindrance Moyses ofer ða fela meoringa fyrde gelǽdde Moses with many hindrances led the army across them, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 16; Exod. 62
méting
A painting ⬩ picture
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A painting, picture Métincg pictura, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Sow. 31, 61. Métingc, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 73: 75, 19. Swá swá on métinge biþ forsewen seó blace anlícnys, ðæt seó hwíte sý beorhtre gesewen, Homl. Th. i. 334, 12. On óðre wísan wé sceáwiaþ métinge, and
micelu
Size
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Size On ðære mycele ðe leáces of the size of a leek, Herb. 49, 1; Lchdm. i. 152, 16
micge
Urine
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Urine Gesceáwa ǽlce dæge ðæt ðín útgong and micge síe gesundlíc. Gif sió micge síe lytelu..., L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 20. Ðonne onginþ ðære hǽto welm wanian þurh ða micgean, 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 212, 7: 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 88, 20
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midlung
The middle ⬩ midst
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The middle, midst Of midlunge hwelpa de medio catulorum, Ps. Lamb. 56, 5. Of midlunge ðínum bósme de medio sinu tuo, 73, 11. On midlunge sceaduwe dǽþes in medio umbrae mortis, Ps. Spl. 22, 4: Cant. Moys. 19: Cant. Abac. 2: Ps. Lamb. 73, 12. On midlunga
minsung
Parsimony
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Parsimony Forhæuednys parsimonia; minsong abstinentia, Hpt. Gl. 494, 41
mirring
hindering ⬩ leading astray ⬩ waste ⬩ squandering
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hindering, leading astray Merrunga seductiones, Mk. Skt. p. 5, 8. Cf. mirra. [O. Frs. meringa hindrance: O. H. Ger. marunga impedimentum.] waste, squandering (v. mirran, II) Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott. MSS.) gielpe and wéne
mis-healdsumness
Want of observance ⬩ negligence
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Want of observance, negligence Be muneces mishealdsumnysse de monachi inobservantia, L. Ecg. P. iii. tit. 11; Th. ii. 196, 3
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mót
Toll ⬩ tax
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Toll, tax Mót ðæs cyninge[s] nomisma census, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 19
moððe
A moth
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A moth Moððe tinea. Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 15: 78, 70. Ðǽr moððe (mohða, Lind. Rush.: mouȝþe, mouȝte, Wick.) hit fornimþ ubi tinea demolitur, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 19, 20: Lk. Skt. 12, 33. Moððe word fræt, Exon. 112 b; Th. 432, 4; Rä. 48, 1. Ðǽr moððan hit áwéstaþ,
Linked entry: mohþe
mótung
Conversation ⬩ discourse
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Conversation, discourse Of motunge collojuio, sermo-cinalione, Hpt. Gl. 511, 26