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mengung

(n.)
Grammar
mengung, mencgung, e; f.

Mixture ⬩ preparation ⬩ composition

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Gl. 250, 30

menigdu

(n.)
Grammar
menigdu, f.

A multitude ⬩ a body of people

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A multitude, a body of people Menigdu manum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 26

menniso-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
menniso-líc, adj.

Human

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Gr. 38; Som. 41, 42. Mennisclíc ( humanum ) is ðæt mon on his móde costunga þrowige, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 71, 13

mennisc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
mennisc-líce, adv.

Humanly ⬩ after the manner of men ⬩ humaniter ⬩ humanitus

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Humanly, after the manner of men; humaniter, humanitus, Ælfc. Gr, 38; Som. 41, 43: 42, 6

mennisc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc-ness, e: f.

humanity ⬩ human nature ⬩ incarnation ⬩ humaneness ⬩ humane behaviour

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humanity, human nature (generally in reference to Christ), incarnation Crist becom on hire innoþ and þurh hí on menniscnysse wearþ ácenned ( was born a man ), Homl. Th. i. 194, 8. Ne wearþ se Fæder mid menniscnysse befangen, 284, 23.

mentel-preón

(n.)
Grammar
mentel-preón, es; m.

A mantle-pin ⬩ brooch

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A mantle-pin, brooch Hió becwiþ hyre mentelpreón, Charl. Th. 533, 33

meó

(n.)
Grammar
meó, gen. meón

A shoe or sock covering the foot

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A shoe or sock covering the foot Meó pedula, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 2. Meón pedulos (cf. Wülck. 601, 19-21 'pedules, pars caligarum que pedem capit, a vampey: pedulus a pynson, or a sok'), 82, 1: calsus ii. 127, 71

Linked entry: meóning

meolc

(n.)
Grammar
meolc, meoluc, milc, e; f.

Milk

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Milk Ðeós meolc hoc lac, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 76; Som. 14, 21: Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 31. Súr meolc oxygala, acidum lac: þicce meolc colustrum, 28, 2-3. Áwilled meolc juta, 290, 45. Hé ( the Pater Noster ) biþ sáwle hunig and módes meolc, Salm.

Linked entry: milc

meolcian

(v.)
Grammar
meolcian, p. ode.

to milk ⬩ take milk from an animal ⬩ to give milk ⬩ to suckle

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Hyt biþ gód ceáp tó milcian, Lchdm. iii. 178, 30. to give milk, to suckle (v. ge-milcian) Ða breóst ða ðe nǽfre meolcgende nǽron, Blickl. Homl. 93, 32

Linked entries: melcan milcian

meornan

(v.)
Grammar
meornan, p. mearn, pl. murnon; pp. mornen

To care ⬩ feel anxiety ⬩ trouble one's self about anything ⬩ reck

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Wódon wælwulfas for wætere ne murnon ( cared nought for water ), Byrht. Th. 134, 39; By. 96

meós

(n.)
Grammar
meós, es; m. n.

Moss

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Rdr. 96, 30. Meóse museum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 38. Cf. meós mór, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 81, 29

meoto

(n.)

thought

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in Site nú tó symle and onsǽl meoto secgum swá ðín sefa hwette sit now at the feast, let loose thy thoughts to men, as thy mind prompts thee, Beo. Th. 983; B. 489

meówle

(n.)
Grammar
meówle, an; f.

A maid ⬩ damsel ⬩ virgin ⬩ woman

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Freólícu meówle a damsel fair, 124 b; Th. 479, 2; Rä. 62, 1. Marian, mǽrre meówlan, 14 a; Th. 28, 13; Cri. 446. In wífes lufan, fremdre meówlan, 80 b; Th. 302, 20; Fä. 39.

meox-bearwe

(n.)
Grammar
meox-bearwe, an; f.

A dung-barrow ⬩ basket for carrying dung

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A dung-barrow, basket for carrying dung Wylige oððe meoxbearwe corbis vel cofinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 2

Linked entries: meox-wilige bearwe

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern

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the sea (mer in mer-maid) Mere swíðe gráp on fǽge folc ( of the waters of the deluge ), Cd. 69; Th. 83, 18; Gen. 138. Mere ( the Red Sea ) stille bád, 158; Th. 197, 2; Exod. 300: 166; Th. 206, 27; Exod. 458.

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, myre, an; f.

A mare

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A mare Mere equa, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 7. Mire, 287, 78. Myre, ii. 30, 42: Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 7, 2. Myran meolc, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 16. Ðære myran sunu, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 30. On myran rídan, 2, 13; S. 517, 7

mere-bát

(n.)
Grammar
mere-bát, es; m.

A sea-boat

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A sea-boat, Andr. Kmbl. 492; An. 246

merece

(n.)
Grammar
merece, merce, es; m.

Marche ⬩ smallage ⬩ apium graveolens

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Marche (a plant), smallage; apium graveolens Merici apio, Ep. Gl. 1 f, 4. Merice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 46. Merce, 8, 44:i. 286, 5: apium, 30, 37: 66, 69. Swínes mearce apiaster, ii. 7, 7. Merce merculiaris, 59, 45: apiaster, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 16.

mere-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
mere-deáþ, es; m.

Death in the sea ⬩ death by drowning

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Death in the sea, death by drowning, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 9; Exod. 512. Meredeáþa mǽst (the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), 166; Th. 207, 9; Exod. 464

mere-flód

(n.)
Grammar
mere-flód, es; m.

a flood of water ⬩ deluge ⬩ a body of water ⬩ flood ⬩ ocean

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Fox 27, 4; Met. 27, 2: Cd. 167; Th. 209, 23; Exod. 503. On mereflóde middum in the midst of the waters, 8; Th. 9, 21; Gen. 145. Bisencte on mereflóde drowned in ocean, Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 10; Jul. 480: 82 a; Th. 309, 19; Seef. 59