meter-cræft
The art of versification ⬩ ars metrica
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The art of versification; ars metrica, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 25
meter-geweorc
Verse
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Verse Paulinus béc of metergeweorce on geráde sprǽce ic gehwyrfde I turned Paulinus' books front verse into prose, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 21
Linked entry: ge-weorc
mete-þegn
An officer whose duty it is to see after food ⬩ a sewer
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An officer whose duty it is to see after food, a sewer, Cd. 148; Th. 185, 31; Exod. 131
metod
fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death
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A word found only in poetry (the phrase se metoda drihten occurs twice in Ælfric's Homilies, but in alliterative passages). The earlier meaning of the word in heathen times may have been fate, destiny, death (cf. metan), by which Grein would translate
met-ráp
A line for sounding the depth of water
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A line for sounding the depth of water Sundgyrd on scipe vel metráp bolidis (βoλίς ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 46: 11, 17
mid-dæg
Mid-day
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Mid-day Middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 12: Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 33: Jn. Skt. 4, 6. Middæg meridies, Ælfc. Gr. 12; Som. 15, 46: Hymn. Surt. 16, 29. Ðæs middæges gereord, R. Ben. 65, 20 Tó middæges, 65, 18. Tó middæge at midday, Lchdm. iii. 218, 4, 6,
middan-eard
The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind
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The middle dwelling, the abode of men, the earth, the world (in a physical sense) De mundo. Middaneard is gehaten eall ðæt binnan ðam firmamentum is ... Seó heofen and sǽ and eorþe synd gehátene middaneard, Lchdm. iii. 254, 6-9. Hé sǽde, ðæt eal ðes
Linked entries: middan-geard mid-eard
middel
The middle ⬩ centre
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The middle, centre In midle in centro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 13, On middele (Ps. Lamb. midle) innoþes mín in medio ventris mei, Ps. Spl. 21, 13, 21. Hé ánne cnapan gesette on hyra middele ( in medio eorum ), Mk. 9, 36. Se ðe álǽdde Israhel of middele heora
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middel-dæg
Mid-day
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Mid-day Syle drincan middeldagum, Lchdm. iii. 74, 6: L. M. 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 56, 22. Hé ðonne on middeldagum inne gewunode, 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 146, 13
middel-dǽl
The middle
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The middle Ongén ðæm middeldǽle (other MS. middele) on ðæm eástende ad mediam frontem orientis, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 6
middel-finger
The middle finger
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The middle finger Middelfinger medius vel impudicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 6: 71, 32: ii. 58, 5. Gif man middelfinger of áslæhþ iv. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 54; Th. i. 16, 11
middel-fót
The middle of the foot ⬩ the instep
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The middle of the foot, the instep Middelfót subtel, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 3
midde-sumor
Mid-summer
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Mid-summer Ðis godspel gebyraþ on middesumeres mæsseǽfen, Lk. Skt. 1, 1, rubric. On middesumeres dæg, Herb. 4, 5; Lchdm. i. 90, 17
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midde-winter
Mid-winter ⬩ Christmas
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Mid-winter, Christmas Ðis sceal on Sunnandæg betweox myddewintres mæssedæge and twelftan dæge, Lk. Skt. 2, 33, rubric. Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter (meddewinter, MS. Bod.), Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32
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mid-eard
The world
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The world Mideardes ordfruman mundi originem, Hymn. Surt. 13, 30. Seó sunne ðe onlíht ealne mideard, Homl. Skt. 1, 72
Linked entry: eard
mid-ferhþ
Middle life or age
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Middle life or age On cnihtháde ... swá forþ eallne giógoþhád ... and ðonne lytle ǽr his midferhþe, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 25
mid-help
Help ⬩ assistance
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Help, assistance Tó miðhelpe adjuvando, Rtl. 29, 36
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mid-hriðere
The membrane enclosing the entrails
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The membrane enclosing the entrails Midhridir, nioþanweard hype ilia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 54. Midhriðre omentum, i. 65, 56. Midhryðre, 284, 3. Midhryðere, ii. 64, 4
Linked entry: hreðer
midl
a bit ⬩ curb ⬩ the thong which bound the oar to the pin
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a bit, curb (of a bridle) Midl frenum vel lupatum: brídles midl chamus, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 21, 22. Midlum lupatis (repagulis), Hpt. Gl. 406, 27. Of ísenum midlum ł brídlum ferratis salivaribus (repagulis), 458, 3: Homl. Th. i. 360, 19: Elen. Kmbl. 2349
Linked entry: ge-midlige
midlen
The middle ⬩ midst ⬩ centre
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The middle, midst, centre Of midlene ex centro i. ex medio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 66. On medlene in meditullio i. in medio, Hpt. Gl. 405, 37. Ic eom on eówrum midlene, Lk. Skt. 22, 27. On fýres midlene de medio ignis, Deut. 4, 15: 5, 24. Hé eardode in hǽðenra
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