Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

mete-útsiht

(n.)
Grammar
mete-útsiht, e; f.

A disease which causes food to pass the bowels without digestion

Entry preview:

A disease which causes food to pass the bowels without digestion Meteútsiht lienteria (λειεντερία ), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 54. Meteútsihþ, ii. 53, 75

Linked entry: út-siht

mete-sacca

Grammar
mete-sacca, met-[?]sacca, an; m.

A kind of measure

Entry preview:

A kind of measure Metesacca legula (ligula mensuræ genus quod alio nomine cochlea dicitur et est octava pars cyathi) vel coclea, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 62

Linked entry: rǽdere

mete-leást

(n.)
Grammar
mete-leást, -liést, -lǽst, -lést, -líst, e; f.

Want of food

Entry preview:

Want of food Him of-hreów ðæs folces meteleást, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 19. Ðá wǽron hié mid meteliéste gewǽgde they were reduced by want of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. For meteliéste heora líf álǽtan, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 30. Metelǽste inedia, Hpt. Gl.

cócor-mete

(n.)
Grammar
cócor-mete, es; m.[cóc a cook, mete meat, food]

Meal divided into four parts? quadripartiturn

Entry preview:

Meal divided into four parts? quadripartiturn fWrt. Voc. 290, 41

métan

(v.)
Grammar
métan, p. te

To meet withcome uponcome acrossfind

Entry preview:

To meet with, come upon, come across, find Ealle ðe hé mildheorte méteþ and findeþ, Ps. Th. 75, 6. For ðý hí hit ne gemétaþ (MS. Cott. métaþ) ðe hí hit on riht ne sécaþ, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 178, 4. Gé unæþelne ǽnigne [ne] métaþ (gé nánne ne mágon métan unæþelne

mæt

(n.)
Grammar
mæt, = mete, q.v.

CYCENE

(n.)
Grammar
CYCENE, cicene,an; f.

A kitchen coquīna, culīna

Entry preview:

A kitchen; coquīna, culīna Cycene coquina, Wrt. Voc. 82, 49: culīna, Mone B. 3731. Ðæt seó cycene [MS. kycene] eal forburne that the kitchen was all burning, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 5, 11. Wurpon hí ða anlícnysse inn to heora cycenan [MS. kycenan] they cast

Linked entry: cicene

swót-mete

(n.)
Grammar
swót-mete, es; m.
Entry preview:

A sweet-meat, delicacy Nǽron ðá welige hámas ne mistlíce swótmettas, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4. v. swét-mete, and preceding word

Linked entry: swét-mete

mete-sacca

(n.)
Entry preview:

Substitute: <b>mete-sticca,</b> an ; m. A spoon Metesticca [printed -sacca, but see Angl. viii. 451, 1) legula vel coclea vel cocle. Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 62 ( the word occurs in a list of objects connected with the table), v. sticca; II

métan

(v.)
Grammar
métan, p. te

To paint

Entry preview:

To paint Ic méte pingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 60. Swá méteras métaþ on anlícnyssan as painters paint in likenesses, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 5. Seó ðe métan sceall pictura, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 3. Métton ofergeweorke depicto mausoleo, Coll. Monast. Th.

flǽsc-mete

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-mete, es; pl. nom. acc. -mettas; m.

FLESH-MEATfleshcarnĕus cĭbuscăro

Entry preview:

FLESH-MEAT, flesh; carnĕus cĭbus, căro Hú wæs mancynne flǽscmete alýfed æfter ðam flóde why was fleshmeat allowed to mankind after the flood? Boutr. Scrd. 21, 16. Mid flǽscmete with flesh-meat, L. C. S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24. Gé etaþ flǽscmettas eówre hreáwe

mete-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mete-leás, adj.

Without foodlacking food

Entry preview:

Without food, lacking food On sumere tíde wæs micel menigu mid ðam Hǽlende on ánum wéstene meteleás ( nec haberent, quod manducarent ), Homl. Th. ii. 396, 1: Elen. Kmbl. 1220; El. 612: 1392; El. 698. Heó wunode seofon niht meteleás she remained seven

nón-mete

(n.)
Grammar
nón-mete, es; m.

An afternoon meal

Entry preview:

An afternoon meal Nónmete merenda, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 14 : annona, 291, 2 : ii. 8, 67. On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa, búton morgenmetum and nónmetum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 192, 19

ge-mete

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mete, adv.

Fitly, meetly, in a proper mannerapte, congruenter, convenienter

Entry preview:

Fitly, meetly, in a proper manner; apte, congruenter, convenienter, Exon. 40 a; Th. 132, 13; Gú. 472: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 36; Met. 13, 18

swét-mete

(n.)
Grammar
swét-mete, es; m.
Entry preview:

A sweet-meat, delicacy Of ðám swétmettum and of mistlícum dryncum ðæs líþes onwæcnaþ sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 16: Met. 25, 40

wist-mete

(n.)
Grammar
wist-mete, es; m.
Entry preview:

Food for sustenance Ic eom áféded of ðam genihtsumestan wistmettum mínre fylle, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 582

wyrt-mete

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-mete, es; m.
Entry preview:

Vegetable food, food consisting of herbs Wyrtmete clerius cibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 40: ii. 17, 23. Gesoden wyrtmete fordalium, 38, 56: 150, 2. Wurtmete mid meluwe polentum, i. 27, 25

Linked entry: wurt-mete

ést-mete

Entry preview:

Add of food (lit. or fig.) Éstmet[tas] grata fercula, An. Ox. 56, 77. Éstmetta ferculorum, 3169. Hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum dare illi de convivio suo, Hml. A. 110, 269. Éstmettas (delicias) mon ne sceal lufian, ac fæsten mon

flǽsc-mete

Flesh

Entry preview:

Flesh (as opposed to fish and vegetables) as food Þonne mé hingrigan ongan, þonne wǽron mé þá flǽscmettas on gewilnungum; ic gyrnde þára fixa þe on Egyptum wǽron; ic gewilnode þæs wínes, Hml. S. 23 b, 533. Ðæt hié ne wilnoden flǽscmetta cibos carnis

mete-awul

(n.)
Entry preview:

a meat-hook (?) Mán sceal habban . . . meteawel and tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 7. (?)