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Mon-íg

(n.)
Grammar
Mon-íg, e; f.

The Isle of Man or AngleseyMona

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The Isle of Man or Anglesey; Mona Ðá gehergodon Moníge [Mæníge] then they harried the Isle of Man, Chr. 1000 (ed. Thorpe). Moníge Brytta eáland Angelcynnes ríce underþeódde Mevanias insulas imperio subjugavit Anglorum, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 16

mór-beám

(n.)
Grammar
mór-beám, es; m.

A mulberry tree or blackberry bush

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A mulberry tree or blackberry bush Mórbeám morus vel rubus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 60: murus, 80, 26. Márbeámas moros, Ps. Surt. 77, 47

Linked entry: múr-beám

mór-denu

(n.)
Grammar
mór-denu, e; f.

A swampy or fenny valley

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A swampy or fenny valley Of ðam stocce inn on mórdene; of mórdene inn on ðere saltstrét. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 30. Cf. mór-fæsten

more

(n.)
Grammar
more, moru, an; f. (also mora in cpds. q.v.)

An (edible) roota carrotparsnip

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An (edible) root, a carrot, parsnip Bétan more a root of beet, Lchdm. iii. 6, 19. Wylisc moru carrot . . . Englisc moru parsnip, L. M. 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 16, 21. Eolonan moran dust, doccan moran dust, 1, 54; Lchdm. ii. 126, 6.

Linked entries: ǽg-moran moru

mór-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mór-fæsten, es; n.

A place secure from attack from the swampy character of the country

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A place secure from attack from the swampy character of the country (Alfred) lytle werede uniéþelíce æfter wudum fór, and on mórfæstenum. Chr. 878; Erl. 78, 34

morgen

(n.)
Grammar
morgen, es; m.

morningmornthe morning of the next daymorrow

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morning, morn Ðá hyt morgen wæs mane facto. Mt. Kmbl. 27, 1: Blickl. Homl. 235, 18. Syððan morgen com, Beo. Th. 2159; B. 1077: Cd. 160; Th. 199, 29: Exod. 346. On morgene mane, Ps. Th. 91, 2. On morgenne in matutino, 100, 8.

Linked entries: margen morne regn

morgen-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-ceald, adj.

Chilled with the cold of early morning

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Chilled with the cold of early morning Sceal gár wesan monig morgenceald, Beo. Th. 6036; B. 3022

morgen-colla

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-colla, an; m.

Dread (?) or rage (?), furious attack (?) which comes in the morning

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or rage (?), furious attack (?) which comes in the morning Him fǽrspel bodedon, morgencollan, atolne ecgplegan. Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 6; Jud. 245

morgen-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-dæg, es; m.

morningday-lightthe morrow

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morning, day-light Ðá hit wæs tóforan dæges ðá cwóman fugelas . . . eft gewiton. Ðá hit on mor-gendæg wæs ðá . . ., Nar. 16, 24. the morrow Be ðan morgendæge þencean. Blickl. Homl. 213, 22

Linked entry: merigen-dæg

morgen-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-drenc, es; m.

A drink or potion to be taken in the morning

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A drink or potion to be taken in the morning gesette gódne morgendrænc wið eallum untrumnessum, Lchdm. iii. 70, 17

morgen-mete

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-mete, es; m.

A morning mealbreakfast

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[ȝief he frend were me sceolðe ȝief him his morȝemete (cf. 231, 19 where it is called forme mete) þat he þe bet mihte abide þane more mete, O. E. Homl. i. 237, 33.]

morgen-spell

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-spell, es; n.

A story or narrative told in the morning

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A story or narrative told in the morning Ðá wæs wíde lǽded mǽre morgenspel . . . ðæt Cristes ród funden wǽre, Elen. Kmbl. 1936; El. 970

morgen-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-sprǽc, e; f.

The periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast

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Th. 613, 7. [Cf. And if any broþer be somound to any morwe-speche . . . and wil nouht come, he scal paye a pound of wax, English Guilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 54.

morgen-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-steorra, an; m.

The morning star

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The morning star Ðone beorhtan steorran ðe hátaþ morgensteorra Lucifer, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 3: 39, 13; Fox 234. 3: Bt. Met. Fox 4, 26; Met. 4, 13

morgen-swég

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-swég, es; m.

A sound made in the morning

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A sound made in the morning Ðá wæs on úhtan Grendles gúþcræft gumum undyrne. Ðá wæs æfter wiste wóp up áhafen, micel morgenswég. Beo. Th. 258; B. 129

morgen-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-tíd, e; f.

Morning-tidemorning

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Morning-tide, morning In morgentid in matutinis, Ps. Surt. 100, 8. On morgentíd. Beo. Th. 973; B. 484: 1041; B. 518: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 14. On ða morgentíd, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 1; Jud. 236. Útgong margentíde exitus matutini, Ps. Surt. 64, 9.

Linked entry: merigen-tíd

mór-hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mór-hǽþ, e; f.

A mountain-heath

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A mountain-heath Swá líg freteþ mórhǽþ velut flamma incendat montes, Ps. Th. 82, 10

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

mór-land

(n.)
Grammar
mór-land, es; n.

Moor-landwild hilly country

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Moor-land, wild hilly country Se ðe on wéstenne, méðe and meteleás, mórland trydeþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1221; El. 612. He wunede on ðám mórlandum ( in montanis), Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 33.

mór-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
mór-mǽd, e; f.

A marshy meadow

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A marshy meadow mórmǽde norþhyrnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 449, 19

Linked entry: mórig