mód-cearu
Sorrow of heart ⬩ grief
Entry preview:
Sorrow of heart, grief Ðæt gelumpe módcearu mǽgum, Exon. 35a; Th. 114, l; GQ. 166. Ic ǽfre ne mæg ðære módceare mínre gerestan, 115b; Th. 443, 34; Kl. 40. Dreógeþ mín wine micle módceare. Th. 444, 22; Kl. 51.
mód-gewinna
A foe of the mind ⬩ care ⬩ anxiety
Entry preview:
A foe of the mind, care, anxiety Lǽt ðé áslúpan sorge of breóstum, módgewinnan, Cd. 134; Th. 169, 9; Gen. 2797
mód-leás
Spiritless ⬩ dull ⬩ excors
Entry preview:
Spiritless, dull; excors, Kent. Gl. 400
módor-leás
Motherless
Entry preview:
Motherless Fylstan fæderleásum and móderleásum cildum, Wulfst. 228, 22
módrige
an aunt ⬩ a cousin
Entry preview:
[His moddrie sune, Laym. 30644.]
mód-þwǽre
Gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ mild
Entry preview:
Lamb. 24, 9
molde
mould ⬩ dust ⬩ sand ⬩ earth ⬩ ground ⬩ earth ⬩ land ⬩ earth
Entry preview:
Be moldan ða ðe on ðære stówe genumene wǽron, 3, 9; S. 533, 27. ground, earth, land Molde vel land humus, rus, arvum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 61: humus, 70, 12: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 53.
Mónan-ǽfen
Monday-eve ⬩ the evening of Sunday
Entry preview:
Monday-eve, the evening of Sunday Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse þeówweorc wyrce an Sunnanǽfen efter hire setlgange óþ Mónanǽfenes setlgang, L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19
Linked entry: Mónan-niht
mónaþ-bót
Penance extending over a month
Entry preview:
.; sumon mónþbóte, sumon má mónþa; sumon wucubóte, sumon má wucena, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 12
Món-dæg
Monday
Entry preview:
Monday Ǽlce Móndaege, L. R. 8. 3; Th. i. 432, 21
Linked entry: Mónan-dæg
more
An (edible) root ⬩ a carrot ⬩ parsnip
Entry preview:
Nim Englisce moran, L. M. 1. 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 15. Moran pastinace, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 13. Genim ðæs scearpan þistles moran, L. M. 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 11
mór-heald
Entry preview:
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
morþor-slege
Murder ⬩ homicide
Entry preview:
Murder, homicide Swá hwylc swá morþorslege þafaþ quicunyue ad homicidium consenserit, L. Ecg. C. 22; Th. ii. 148, 14
morþ-weorc
An act which causes death
Entry preview:
Deóflíce dǽda on morþweorcum and on manslihtan, L. Eth. v. 25; Th. i. 310, 15: vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 16
mót-bell
A bell rung to call an assembly together
Entry preview:
A bell rung to call an assembly together Debent statim pulsatis campanis, quod Anglice vocant mótbel, convocare omnes et universos, quod Anglice dicunt folcmóte, L. Edw. Conf. Schmid. p. 5 c 9, § 4
munan
to remember ⬩ be mindful of ⬩ to be careful of ⬩ to consider ⬩ think
Entry preview:
Icel. muna to remember] to consider, think Fédan hig swá swá hig sylfe wyrþe munon let their meal be such as they consider suitable, L. Ath. v. 8; Th. i. 236, 7. Ðæt hine God ðæs cynedómes weorþne munde, Ps. C. 50, 150; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 150
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
Entry preview:
, let him who gives the freedom be the guardian of the freedman's family, L.
Linked entry: mundian
muud-bora
one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian
Entry preview:
Sceal him (an ecclesiastic or a foreigner who was wronged) cyng beón oððon eorl and bisceop for mǽg and for mundboran, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 8: L. Eth. ix. 33: Th. i. 348, 6: L. C.
munuc-gegerela
A monastic dress
Entry preview:
A monastic dress Gegyrede hine mid his munucgegyrelan, Bd. l, 7; S. 477, 10
munuc-hád
Monk-hood ⬩ the monastic state
Entry preview:
Monk-hood, the monastic state (of women as well as of men) Munuchád and abbudhád syndon on óðre wísan (different from the seven orders previously mentioned), L. Ælfc. C. 18; Th. ii. 348, 31.