mealt-hús
A malt-house ⬩ brationarium
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A malt-house; brationarium, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 127; Wrt. Voc. 58, 38
mearc
a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ a mark ⬩ ensign
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Mearce caracteres, Wrt Voc. ii. 23, 81. a mark, ensign Hé nam ðone stán and árǽrde hine tó mearce ( in titulum; for a pillar, A. V.), Gen. 28, 18. Moyses getimbrode twelf mearca ( titulos; pillars, A. V.), Ex. 24, 4.
mearc-ísern
A branding-iron
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A branding-iron Mearcísern cauterium, Ep. Gl. 8 d, 35: Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 76: ferrum quo note pecudibus inuruntur, 3. Mercíseren, 102, 58
mearc-mót
The place where the assembly (mót) of a district (mearc) was held
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The place where the assembly (mót) of a district (mearc) was held Ðis syndon ða landgemǽra ... tó mercemót; fram mercemóte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii, 71, 31. v. Saxons in England, i. 55
mearc-treów
A tree serving as a boundary
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A tree serving as a boundary Ðonne tó mearctreówe, Cod. Dip. Kembl. iii. 434, 18
mearc-wæd
Boundary-water ⬩ the water by the shore
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Boundary-water, the water by the shore Wlanc monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds
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mearh
Marrow ⬩ pith ⬩ a sausage
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Nim foxes smero and ráhdeóres mearh, Lchdm. iii. 2, 25. Wulfes mearh, L. Med. ex Quad. 9, 6; Lchdm. i. 362, 9. Heortes mearg, 10, 4; Lchdm. i. 366, 4. Nim mærc, sápan (MS. mærcsápan) and hinde meolc, Lchdm. iii. 4, 1. Mearga medullas, Germ. 397, 493
mearh-gehæcc
A kind of pudding ⬩ a sausage
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A kind of pudding, a sausage Mearhgehæc isica (insicia genus farciminis, seu obsonii ex carne concisa, Forcellini), Wrt. Voc, ii. 48, 35. Mærhgehæc (-hæt, Wrt.) isicia, i. 27, 22. [Halliwell gives 'hack the lights, liver, and heart of a boar or swine
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mearh-hæccel
A sausage ⬩ hog's-pudding
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A sausage, hog's-pudding Gehæcca oððe mearhæccel farcimen (farcimen intestinum varie ac minutim concisa carne refertum, Forcellini), Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 77
medu
Mead ⬩ a drink made from honey
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Mead, a drink made from honey Medu medo velmedus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 41. Meodu medo, 82, 30. Medo mulsum, 290, 60. Medo, geswét vel weall defrutum, i. vinum, ii. 138, 24. Meodu, Andr. Kmbl. 3051; An. 1528. Medewes defruti, Hpt. Gl. 480, 74. Ða mǽla ðe
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medu-ærn
A house in which mead is drunk ⬩ a banqueting-house
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A house in which mead is drunk, a banqueting-house Medoærn micel, Beo. Th. 138; B. 69
medu-full
A mead-cup
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A mead-cup Meoduful, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 2; Vy. 66. Medoful, Beo. 1253; B. 624: 2034; B. 1015
medum-líc
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ worthy ⬩ honourable
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Hé hæfþ medemlíce nosu (cf. medmicle neosu þynne naso pertenui, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34) he has a slender nose, Homl. Th. i. 456, 18. worthy, honourable Medomlícan dignitosam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 64. Medomlíce dignitosa, 106, 55: 140, 27
medu-setl
A mead-seat ⬩ a seat in a banqueting-hall
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A mead-seat, a seat in a banqueting-hall, Beo. Th. 10; B. 5
melde
Orach
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Nim meldon ða wyrt, 54, 23
meltung
Melting ⬩ digestion
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Hió næfþ góde meltunge it (the stomach of a watery nature) hath not good digestion, 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 220, 27
melu
Meal ⬩ flour
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Meal, flour Melu oððe offrung odor, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 32: farina, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 17: ii. 38, 70. Swá swá mon melo (Cott. MS. meolo) sift, ðæt melo (meolo) þurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2. Ðæt mela biþ gód, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii
meós
Moss
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(?) Moss Treówes meós muscus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 72. Ragu and meós fornymþ eówres landes wæstmas omnes fruges terræ tuæ rubigo consumet, Deut. 28, 42. Sumne dǽl ealdes meóses ðe on ðam hálgan treówe geweaxen wæs ( aliquid de veteri musco ), Bd. 3, 2;
mere
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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Ðæt wé fundon sumne swíðe micelne mere in ðæm wǽre fersc wæter, Nar. 11, 26. On mære in stagnum, Blickl. Gl. Be norþan hodes mære ... ðonon up on ðone mære, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 10, 19-26.
mere-swín
A sea-pig ⬩ porpoise ⬩ dolphin
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Nim mereswínes fel, L. M. 3, 40; Lchdm. ii. 334, 1. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9: Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 17