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méd

(n.)
Grammar
méd, e; f.

Meedreward

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Meed, reward Méd merces, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 25: Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 45: merx, ii. 58, 41. Ðín méd byþ swíðe micel, Gen. 15, 1: Lk. Skt. 6, 35. Hwæt byþ ús tó méde, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 27: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 59; Jud. 335. Elles næbbe gé méde mid eówrum

meolc

(n.)
Grammar
meolc, meoluc, milc, e; f.

Milk

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Milk Ðeós meolc hoc lac, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 76; Som. 14, 21: Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 31. Súr meolc oxygala, acidum lac: þicce meolc colustrum, 28, 2-3. Áwilled meolc juta, 290, 45. Hé ( the Pater Noster ) biþ sáwle hunig and módes meolc, Salm. Kmbl. 135; Sal. 67

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mere-men

(n.)
Grammar
mere-men, mere-menn, e; f.

A siren

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A siren Meremen sirena, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 6. Meremenna sirenarum, Hpt. Gl. 498, 65

méce

(n.)
Grammar
méce, es; m.

A swordfalchionblade

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A sword, falchion, blade Méce machera, Hpt. Gl. 470, 44: 424, 30: Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 47: mucro, 114, 35. Mécha aciem gladii, vim gladii, 98, 36. Méche frameam, Ps. Spl. T. 16, 14. Méces ecge, Beo. Th. 3628; B. 1812. Mid áwendenlícum méce romphæa versatili

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the seaa merelakean artificial poolcistern

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the sea (mer in mer-maid) Mere swíðe gráp on fǽge folc ( of the waters of the deluge ), Cd. 69; Th. 83, 18; Gen. 138. Mere ( the Red Sea ) stille bád, 158; Th. 197, 2; Exod. 300: 166; Th. 206, 27; Exod. 458. Mere sweoðerade, ýða ongin eft oncyrde, Andr

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

melda

(n.)
Grammar
melda, an; m.

a narratoran informerannouncera betrayer

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a narrator, an informer, announcer Ðæs ðe ic ǽfre on ealdre ǽngum ne wolde monna ofer moldan melda weorþan what I would never relate to any man upon earth, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 3; Gú. 1203: 73 b; Th. 275, 28; Jul. 557.

mearu

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.

Tendersoftdelicate

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Tender, soft, delicate Ðonne his twig biþ mearu ( tener ), Mk. Skt. 13, 28. Merwe, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 32. Mearuwe delicatus i. tenerus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 40. Gyf se líchoma mearu (MS. B. mearuw) sý if the body be tender (with sores), Herb. 102, 2;

Linked entry: myrwa

mealt

(n.)
Grammar
mealt, malt, es; n.

Malt

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Malt Malt bratium, Ep. Gl. 6 b, 2: Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 18. Mealt, 11, 44: 127, 15: macetum, 58, 13

melde

(n.)
Grammar
melde, an; f.

Orach

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Orach, a plant-name Melde, Lchdm. iii. 6, 11. Nim meldon ða wyrt, 54, 23

mene

(n.)
Grammar
mene, myne, es; m.

A necklacean ornament

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A necklace, an ornament Maenoe crepundia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 44. Mene lunules, 71, 1. Myne crepundium i. monile gutturis, 136, 68. Myne vel sweorbéh monile vel serpentinum, i. 40, 50: 74, 58. Ðes myne hoc monile, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 28. Brósinga

Linked entries: maenoe myne

meó

(n.)
Grammar
meó, gen. meón

A shoe or sock covering the foot

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A shoe or sock covering the foot Meó pedula, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 2. Meón pedulos (cf. Wülck. 601, 19-21 &#39;pedules, pars caligarum que pedem capit, a vampey: pedulus a pynson, or a sok&#39;), 82, 1: calsus ii. 127, 71

Linked entry: meóning

mere-men

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mere-men, mere-menn.
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Ic geháte gewítan fram mé þá mæremen þe synt smere (sirene?) gecíged, and eác þá castalidas nymphas, ꝥ synt dúnylfa, Angl. viii. 325, 25. Add

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meox

(n.)
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meox, mix, myx, es; n.

Muckdungorduredirt

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Muck, dung, ordure, dirt Meox stercus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 17: coenum, 13; Som. 16, 6: rudera velruina, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 12. Fugeles meox avium stercus, L. Ecg. P. add. 10; Th. ii. 232, 32. Ðæt treów biþ bedolfen and mid meoxe beworpen ... ðæt

Linked entry: mix

meodu-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
meodu-, meocs, meohs, meolc; adj.

meós

(n.)
Grammar
meós, es; m. n.

Moss

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(?) Moss Treówes meós muscus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 72. Ragu and meós fornymþ eówres landes wæstmas omnes fruges terræ tuæ rubigo consumet, Deut. 28, 42. Sumne dǽl ealdes meóses ðe on ðam hálgan treówe geweaxen wæs ( aliquid de veteri musco ), Bd. 3, 2;

METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEATfood

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MEAT, food Mete cibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 80. Mín mete (mett, Lind. Rush.) is ðæt ic wyrce ðæs willan ðe mé sende, Jn. Skt. 4, 34. Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 17. Swéte mete dapis, ii. 28, 29. Ðú scealt mid earfoþnyssum ðé metes

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, myre, an; f.

A mare

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A mare Mere equa, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 7. Mire, 287, 78. Myre, ii. 30, 42: Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 7, 2. Myran meolc, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 16. Ðære myran sunu, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 30. On myran rídan, 2, 13; S. 517, 7

medu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
medu-rǽden, medu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Strong drinkscellar

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Strong drinks, cellar (in the sense of the liquors contained in it) Rúmheort beón meodorǽdenne liberal with liquors, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 3; Gn. Ex. 88