mǽl
a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal
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a measure Dó wines þrié mél on pour three measures of wine on, L.M. 1, 45; Lchdm, ii. 110, 26. Similar entries v. cucler-mǽl, dæg-mǽl, fot-mǽl, mǽl-tange; and cf.
mǽl
A cause ⬩ suit ⬩ action
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A cause, suit, action (?) Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest mǽl ofer mearce thou didst ever press on to fight, didst pursue thy cause (i.e. carry on war) over the border, Wald. 1, 33; Vald. l, 19
mǽlan
To speak
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To speak Se stán mǽlde for mannum the stone spake before men, Andr. Kmbl. 1533; An. 768. Wícinga ár wordum mǽlde, Byrht. Th. 132, 35; By. 26: 133, 1; By. 43: 137, 63; By. 210. Hyre se feónd oncwæþ, wordum mǽlde. Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 18; Jul. 351.
mǽl-dæg
A day ⬩ season ⬩ an appointed time
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Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde on ðǽm mǽldagum mægen and strengo, 79; Th. 98, 18; Gen. 1632
Linked entry: mál-dæg
mǽl-dropa
Phlegm
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Phlegm Mǽldropa. flegma. i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 39
mǽl-mete
Food to eat
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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]
mǽnan
To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare
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To tell of, relate, declare Ne wyrneþ word lofes, wísan mǽneþ mine for mengo (cf. O. Sax. thú fora thesaro thiod telis, mahtig ménis). Exon. 105b; Th. 401, 14; Rä. 21, 11. Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn.
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Ealle wordum mǽndon, Cd. 222: Th. 288, 24; Sae. 386. followed by a clause Ða welan ðe dú mǽndest ðæt ðú forlure the wealth which you complain of having lost, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 18.
mǽnsumian
to have the companionship of a person ⬩ to marry ⬩ to share with another ⬩ to communicate
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to have the companionship of a person, to marry Ne hiá mǽnsumiaþ (mǽnsumigaþ, Rush.) ne hiá biþon gemǽnsumad (i. ne ceorl hæfis wífes gemána ne wíf hæfis ceorles) neque nubent neque nubentur, Mk. Skt.
mǽnsumung
communion ⬩ admission to fellowship with others ⬩ participation
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Th. ii. 174, 31. participation Hé ús forgeáfe dǽl on his ríce, and mǽnsumunge on his godcundnysse, i. 140, 11
Linked entry: ge-mǽnsumung
mæra
An incubus
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An incubus Mera ł satyrus incuba, Ep. Gl. 12 f, 14
mǽr-bróc
A brook which forms a boundary
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A brook which forms a boundary, cf. mearc-bróc Tó mǽrbróce; of mǽrbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)
mære
A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep
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Mere fecce, 35, 26. Gif mon mare ríde, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 140, 9. Hi beóþ góde wið nihtgengan and maran, 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 12
mǽre
A boundary ⬩ limit ⬩ confine ⬩ border
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A boundary, limit, confine, border Ondlong ðæs mǽres (meres?) heges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 30: ii. 250, 7(?). In mǽre Judéana in fines Judaea, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 1. In mǽrum in villas, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 56. In mǽrum (mǽro, Rush.) in vicos, Lk.
mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Gl. 18b, 10. Mǽre celeber, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 44, 10. Mǽrne celebre, Hpt. Gl. 525, 45. Beorht ł mǽre præclara, splendida, 436, 43. Mǽr[re] illustrius, 460, 25.
mære
pure
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pure, in the phrase mǽre peningas = Lat. meri denarii i.e. coins made of pure silver, v. Ducange s.v. merus, quoted by Schmid. The passage in which the word is found occurs in L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 10 Mid V. pundum mǽrra pæninga.
mǽrels
A rope for mooring a ship ⬩ pronesium
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A rope for mooring a ship; pronesium [v. Ducange: 'pronexium funis quo navis religatur ad palum'] Mǽrelsráp pronesium, Ælfc. Gl. 105; Som. 78, 21; Wrt. Voc. 57. 3. Márels prosnesium, 63, 62. Prompt. Parv. 327, and note. ]
Linked entry: scip-mǽrels
mǽr-heg
A boundary (?) hedge
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A boundary (?) hedge Ondlong ðære burnan óþ hit cymeþ tó ðæm mǽrhege; ondlong ðæs mǽres heges ðæt hit cymeþ up on ða dúne. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 29