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Mealdumes burh

(n.)

Malmsbury

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Malmsbury Aldhelme abbode æt Mealdumesbyrig, Cod. Dip. Birch 154, 6. Æt Meldum, ðæt is óðrum naman Maldumes buruh geclypud, 24, Binnon Mealdelmes byrig, Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 3: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 312, col. 2

mealmiht

(adj.)
Grammar
mealmiht, adj.

Sandy ⬩ chalky

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Tó mealmehtan leáhe ( the land lay in Surrey ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 394, 13. [E. D. S. Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.'

mealm-stán

(n.)
Grammar
mealm-stán, es; m.

Maum-stone

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'In agro Oxoniensi lapidem invenies friabilem, quem maum vocant indiginæ.' E. D. S. Gloss. B. 15. A correspondent of Dr. Bosworth's writes: 'The Maumstone is to be found, more or less, all over Wiltshire, especially towards Stonehenge.

Linked entry: cealc-stán

mealt-hús

(n.)
Grammar
mealt-hús, es; n.

A malt-house ⬩ brationarium

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A malt-house; brationarium, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 127; Wrt. Voc. 58, 38

mealt-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
mealt-wyrt, <b>, -wurt,</b> e; f.

Malt-wort

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Voc. ii. 10, 37, 54. Mealtwurt, i. 28, 7

mealwe

(n.)
Grammar
mealwe, an; f.

Mallow

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Gl. 42; Som. 64, 31; Wrt. Voc. 31, 41. Mealewe, 67, 56. Wildre mealwan seáw, L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 14. Hé hláf þicge and mealwan, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6: 33; Lchdm. ii. 238, 14

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ a mark ⬩ ensign

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a mark, sign made upon a thing Tácon ł merca titulus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 26. Cf. onmerca inscribtio, 12, 16. Merce ł stæfes heafud apicem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 17.

Linked entries: mærc merc on-mearc

mearc-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-beorh, gen. -beorges; m.

A hill which forms part of a boundany

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A hill which forms part of a boundany Predicta tellus his terminis circumcincta. Ǽrest on æscwoldes hláw: ðonne on gemótbiorh ... ðonne on mearcbiorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 195, 14. Æt ðæne mearcbeorh, iii. 175, 35. Cf. gemǽr-beorh, iii. 403, 27.

mearc-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-bróc, es; m.

A brook which serves as a boundary

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A brook which serves as a boundary Andlang Ecclesburnon tó ðam meatcbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 193, 31. Ðis synd ða landgemǽra. Ǽrest ðǽr mercbróc scýt on Seolesburnan; of mearcbróce ... swá andlang burnan eft on mérbróce, 284, 12-30

mearc-ísern

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-ísern, es; n.

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

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-mót, es; n.

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

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-treów, es; n.

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

mearcung

(n.)
Grammar
mearcung, e; f.

a marking ⬩ mark ⬩ a marking out ⬩ description ⬩ arrangement ⬩ disposition

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a marking, mark Nota ðæt is mearcung Ðæra mearcunga sind manega, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 19. Mærcunge characteres, Hpt. Gl. 473, 13. a marking out, description, arrangement, disposition Mercung descriptio, Lk. Skt. Rush. 2, 2.

mearc-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-wæd, es; n.

Boundary-water ⬩ the water by the shore

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Kmbl. 465; El. 233

Linked entry: mearc-pæð

mearc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-weard, es; m.

A mark-warden ⬩ a wolf

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A mark-warden, a wolf, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 14; Exod. 168

mearc-weg

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-weg, es; m.

A road that forms part of a boundary

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A road that forms part of a boundary Andlang mearcweges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 40, 3. On mearcwei, iii. 202, 5

mear-gealla

(n.)
Grammar
mear-gealla, an; m.

A kind of gentian

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A kind of gentian Mergelle, Lchdm. iii. 24, 1. Wyl mergeallan on meolcum, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 18

Linked entries: -gealla mergelle

mearh

(n.)
Grammar
mearh, <b>mærh,</b> es; n. m.

Marrow ⬩ pith ⬩ a sausage

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Marrow, pith; also a sausage. Mearh medulla, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 23. Mearg, 283, 48. Mærh, 70, 47. Merg, ii. 114, 3.

Linked entries: mærh mearg

mearh-cofa

(n.)
Grammar
mearh-cofa, an; m.

A marrow-chamber ⬩ a bone

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A marrow-chamber, a bone Mearhcofan ossa, Ps. Th. 101, 3

mearh-gehæcc

(n.)
Grammar
mearh-gehæcc, es; n.

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.

Linked entry: ge-hæc