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mete-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-ærn, es; n.

A room for taking meals in

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A room for taking meals in Gemǽne metern cænaculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 50

Linked entry: met-ern

mete-áfliúng

(n.)
Grammar
mete-áfliúng, e; f.

Atrophy ⬩ atrophia

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Voc. i. 19, 44

mete-bælg

(n.)
Grammar
mete-bælg, es; m.

A bag for food ⬩ wallet

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A bag for food, wallet Búta metbælge (met-bælig, Lind.) sine pera, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 35

mete-cú

(n.)
Grammar
mete-cú, e; f.

A cow that is to furnish food

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A cow that is to furnish food Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge xii pund gódes cornes and i gód metecú, L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27. v. preceding word

mete-fætels

(n.)
Grammar
mete-fætels, es; m.

A wallet

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A wallet Metefætels sitarchia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 39

mete-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
mete-fisc, es; m.

An edible fish

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An edible fish Ðes metefisc hic mugil, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 8; Som. 9, 10

mete-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
mete-gafol, es; n.

Tax or rent paid in food

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Tax or rent paid in food On sumen lande gebúr sceal syllan huniggafol, on suman metegafol, on suman ealugafol, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 32

mete-gearwa

(n.)
Grammar
mete-gearwa, pl. f.

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-leást

(n.)
Grammar
mete-leást, -liést, -lǽst, -lést, -líst, e; f.

Want of food

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Want of food Him of-hreów ðæs folces meteleást, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 19. Ðá wǽron hié mid meteliéste gewǽgde they were reduced by want of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. For meteliéste heora líf álǽtan, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 30. Metelǽste inedia, Hpt.

metend

(n.)
Grammar
metend, es; m.

One who measures or metes

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S. gloss seems to be intended as a translation of the title commonly given to Orosius' History, [H]Ormesta Mundi, and is the measurer or describer of the world, i. e. a general history of the world), Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 18

métere

(n.)
Grammar
métere, es; m.

A painter

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A painter Métere pictor, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 72: 75, 18. Síd reáf swylce métere[s] wyrceþ on anlícnysse toga; scrúd swá méteras métaþ on anlícnyssan cinctus gabinus, 41, 3, 5. Ælfnóþ ðe métere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 261, 20

meter-fers

(n.)
Grammar
meter-fers, es; n.

Hexameter verse

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Hexameter verse Be his lífe wé áwriton ge meterfers ge gerǽdre sprǽce de vita illius et versibus heroicis et simplici oratione conscripsimus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 13. Meterfersum versibus hexametris, 5, 18; S. 636, 6

mete-seax

(n.)
Grammar
mete-seax, es; n.

A meat-knife ⬩ knife used in cutting food ⬩ dagger

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A meat-knife, knife used in cutting food, dagger Hiene mid heora metseacsum ofsticedon, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 244, 18

Linked entry: met-seax

mete-swamm

(n.)
Grammar
mete-swamm, es; m.

An edible mushroom

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An edible mushroom Metteswam fungus vel tuber, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 52

mete-útsiht

(n.)
Grammar
mete-útsiht, e; f.

A disease which causes food to pass the bowels without digestion

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A disease which causes food to pass the bowels without digestion Meteútsiht lienteria (λειεντερία ), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 54. Meteútsihþ, ii. 53, 75

Linked entry: út-siht

met-gird

(n.)
Grammar
met-gird, -geard, -gyrd, e; f.

A rod for measuring ⬩ a rod ⬩ perch

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A rod for measuring, a rod, perch Metgeard pertica, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 5. Riht is ðæt ne beo ǽnig metegyrd lengre ðonne óðer, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 6. Ðonne is ðæs imbganges ealles þríó furlanges and þreó metgeurda, Chart. Th. 157, 27.

Linked entry: mete-gird

meðema

Grammar
meðema, <b> = (?)</b> meduma
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Voc. i. 59, 27

Linked entry: persa

metod-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
metod-gesceaft, e; f.

Decree of fate ⬩ death

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Decree of fate, death Sum sceal seonobennum seóc sár cwánian, murnan meotudgesceaft ( approaching death ), Exon. 87 b; Th. 328, 19; Vy. 20

metod-wang

(n.)
Grammar
metod-wang, es; m.

The plain where the decrees of fate are executed ⬩ a battlefield

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The plain where the decrees of fate are executed, a battlefield Ðonne rond and hand on herefelda helm ealgodon, on meotudwange, Andr. Kmbl. 21; An. 11

met-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
met-scipe, es; m.

Food ⬩ refection

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Food, refection Habban ða xii heora metscype tógædere, and fédan hig swá swá hig sylfe wyrðe munon, and dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 6