ǽfen-mete
Evening meat ⬩ supper ⬩ cœna
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Evening meat, supper; cœna, Cot. 42
mete-gearwa
Preparations of food
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Preparations of food Óðre hwǽtene (MS. wætan) metegearwa sint tó forbeódanne other preparations of wheaten food are to be forbidden, L. M. 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 210, 26
mete-þearfende
Wanting food
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Wanting food Hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse meteþearfendum they made every foreigner food for themselves in want of meat, Andr. Kmbl. 54; An. 27: 272; An. 136
pan-mete
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cooked food Ǽlces cynnes panmete ferculum, Wrt. Voc.ii. 38, 59. Ponmete vivertitum, i. 290, 42
byrþen-mete
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Substitute: <b>byrþen-mǽte;</b> adj. Burdensome Byrðenméte onerosa, Kent. Gl. 1011
cócor-mete
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seasoned food Cócormete quadripertitum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 41
dæg-mete
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Substitute: A day-meal(?), breakfast or dinner Dægmete agapis, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 36: ii. 8, 9
mete-cweorra
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Surfeit of food(?) Wið metecweorran, Lch. iii. 60, 4
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mete-fætels
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-fǽtels
mete-leást
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Þǽr onsæt mycel hungor, and seó mycele wǽdl þǽre meteleáste genyrwde ealle þá landleóde fames incubuerat, magnaque onmes alimentorum indigentia coangustabat, Gr. D. 145, 6. Hú mage wé þus feáwa feohtan ongeán þás meniu, nú wé synd gewǽhte mid gewinne
mete-rǽdere
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The brother appointed for the week to read aloud to the others at meals. Cf. Be ðǽre wucan rǽdere. Gebróðra gereorde æt hyra mýsum ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 2-4, Gyf þú meterǽdere fyldstól habban wille, Tech. ii. 122, 20
mete-þíht
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Strong from taking food (?)
nón-mete
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Nónmete anteceniam, merendam, Hpt. 31, 14, 353. Add
ofer-mete
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Deóflice dǽda on gífernessan, on ofermettan and on oferfyllan, Ll. Th. i. 310, 17. Add
undern-mete
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Mid him beran his undernmete (-gereord, v.l., prandium), Gr. D. 150, 14. Add
ǽfen-mete
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Ǽfenmete cena Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 66 :ii. 17, 26. Ðende hiá æt ðǽrn ǽfenmete wérun coenantibus eis Mt. R. 26, 26. Add
ofer-mete
Food in excess, a feast where food is in excess
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Food in excess, a feast where food is in excess :— Se ofermete ne befæst ús nǽfre Gode esca nos non commendat Deo, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 316, 19. Ofermettas commessationes Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 13 note
hreác-copp
macoli summitas ⬩ caput macholi ⬩ firma ad macholum faciendum
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food given to the labourers on completing a rick, L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 28, 27. The Latin version has macoli summitas, caput macholi for the former, and firma ad macholum faciendum for the latter. Thorpe in explanation of the passage quotes the following
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