leásung
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Release on giving an equivalent (?), compensation Leásung hostimen (cf. hostimentum requital ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 26 : 43, 20. Cf. lísing
Lega-ceaster
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Chester Hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum, seó is Legaceaster (Leg-, Liege-, Lige-, v. ll. ) geháten, Chr. 894; P. 88, 6. Hé micele fyrd gelǽdde tó Legaceastre (Leige-, v. l. ad ciuitate Legionum, quae a gente Anglorum Legacaester, a Brettonibus
Legaceaster-scír
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Cheshire Þý ilcan geáre wæs Legeceasterscír gehergod, Chr. 980; P. 124, 9
lencten-lifen
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Lenten fare Ymbe heora lenctenlifene ( de quadragessimali alimento ) smeágian þá ealderas georne, Chrd. 15, 13
Linked entry: líf-brycgung
mǽgþ-rǽdenn
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Relationship Mǽþrǽdene necessitudinis, i. amicitię An. Ox. 2, 109. Mǽgðrédena necessiíudinum (Osburga niihi conlribulibus necessiíudinum nexibus conglutinata, Aid. l, 12), 7, 2. Mǽgðrǽdena, Angl. xiii. 27, 2
mete-tíd
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Mealtime Þá þá seó mætetíd (mete-, v. l., tempus refectionis ) cóm, Gr. D. 277, 24. Gif wé fæstað and ꝥ underngereord tó þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne bið ꝥ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad, and bið ꝥ æfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436,
méting
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Meeting, assembly An métincge þæs geféres sý þæt gebed gescyrt in conventu brevietur oratio, R. Ben. 46, 2
míddel-ǽdr
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A middle vein, median vein Lǽt him blód of innanearme of þǽre miclan ǽdre þǽre middelǽdre, Lch. ii. 234, 6. Sceal mon on þǽre middelǽdre blód lǽtan, 210, 11
mild-ness
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Mildness, gentleness Ne sceal swá líðe mildnes (lenitas) beón ꝥ ne forhæbbe þá syngunge, Chrd. 62, 21
mis-cenning
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A wrong declaration (v. cennan ; ), a shifting of the ground of an action after it has come into court; the fine for such variation, the right to accept such fines (often the subject of grant by the king) Icc kíðe ðat icc habbe geunnen . . . miskenninge
Linked entry: cenning
morgen-gebedtíd
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Morning prayer-time; in pl. matins: — Ðá hé þá his morgengebedtída wolde Gode gefyllan cum matutinas laudes Domino impenderet, Guth. Gr. 135, 272
Linked entry: gebed-tíd
morgen-wlǽtung
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Nausea in the morning Wið morgen-wlǽtunga, Lch. iii. 44, 19
Linked entry: wlǽtung
mynster-timbrung
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Building of a monastery Hú hé þurh gesihðe gedihte þá mynstertimbrunge neáh Terracinense defabrica monasterii Terracinensis per visionem ab eo disposita Gr. D. 147, 11
Linked entry: timbrung
næft
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Poverty, indigence Næfte inopię Scint. 159, 13. Tó genim þearfan, and for næfte his ne forlǽt hyne ídelne adsume pauperem et propter inopiam eius ne dimittas illum vacuum, 157, 3:7. Of næfte, 198, 8
Linked entry: hæft
nǽm
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A taking, acceptance Be ælmessena nǽme de elemosinis accipiendis Chrd. 49, 3. On þǽre nǽme cyrcan ǽhte in accipiendis ecclesiasticis sumplibus 12, 7. Cf. nám
neb-sealf
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A face-salve Nebsealfe stibio, An. Ox. 4, 25. Of nebsealue, 8, 269
níd-níd
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Absolute, unavoidable necessity Gif ǽnig geþrístlǽse bútan slǽperne tó slǽpenne bútan hé neádneóde hæbbe (absque causa ineuitabili), Chrd. 61, 9
niht-hwíl
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9
-nimend
niþer-ecg
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The lower edge or brink Be ðæs hlinces niðerecge, C. D. iii. 418, 19