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metsian

(v.)
Grammar
metsian, p. ode.

to feed ⬩ to furnish with provisions

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to feed Ðú metsast ús cibabis nos, Ps. Spl. 79, 6. Hé metsode hí cibavit illos, 80, 15: nutriebat, Hpt. Gl. 466, 28: saginaverit, 493, 9. Ðú ús geþafodest him tó metsianne swá swá sceáp, Ps.

Linked entries: metian ge-metsian

metsung

(n.)
Grammar
metsung, e; f.

Provision ⬩ food

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Provision, food Be manna netsunge. Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge xii pund gódes cornes, L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 25. Hí tó metsunge féngon and tó gafle they accepted provisions and tribute, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 26.

metten

(n.)
Grammar
metten, e; f.

One of the Fates

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One of the Fates Ða graman gydena (MS. Cott. mettena) ðe folcisce men hátaþ Parcas, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 24

micel-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-ǽte, adj.

Eating much ⬩ gluttonous

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Eating much, gluttonous Ic geseó dæighwamlíce ðæt ðú mycelǽte eart, Shrn. 16, 20

Linked entry: fela-ǽte

micel-heáfded

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-heáfded, adj.

Having a great head

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Having a great head Mycelheáfdode capitosus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 34. Micelheáfdede, ii. 22, 69

micel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-líc, adj.

Great ⬩ grand ⬩ magnificent ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious

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Voc. ii. 54, 64. Wæs se wer for Gode and for mannum micellíc ( magnificus ), Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 38. Hú his mægenþrymnes mycellíc standeþ, Ps. Th. 110, 2.

micel-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-mód, adj.

Having a great mind ⬩ magnanimous

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Having a great mind, magnanimous Nis his micelmódes mægenes ende magnitudinis ejus non est finis, Ps. Th. 144, 3

micel-sprecende

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-sprecende, adj.

Talking big ⬩ boasting

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Talking big, boasting Tungan micelsprec-ende linguam magniloquam, Ps. Lamb. 11, 4

micga

(n.)
Grammar
micga, an; m.

Urine

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Voc. i. 21, 63: urina, 46, 8. Drince buccan micgan ... sélost ys se micga ðæt hé sý oftost mid féded, L. Med. ex Quad. 6, 16; Lchdm. i. 354, 12, 15. Fúles hlondes, miggan foetentis lotii, Hpt. Gl. 483, 19.

Linked entry: migoþa

micgung

(n.)
Grammar
micgung, e; f.

Making water

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Voc. i. 46, 9

Linked entry: miggung

midd

(adj.)
Grammar
midd, adj. with superl. midemest, midmest

Mid ⬩ middle

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Mid, middle. of place Seó burh wæs on midre ðære eá ( in medio amne ), Nar. 10, 11. Ðá wé wǽron on middre ðære sǽ ( in medio mari ), Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 23. Is on middre ðære cyricean, 2, 3; S. 504, 39.

middæg-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-tíd, e; f.

The midday hour ⬩ noon ⬩ meridies

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Voc. ii. 58, 66

middaneard-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
middaneard-líc, adj.

Earthly ⬩ worldly ⬩ mundane ⬩ earthly

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Th. ii. 90, 13: 366, 9. On middaneardlícum lustum in worldly pleasures, 368, 3. Ealle middaneardlíce þing forhogiende despising all the things of this world, 130, 1. Middaneardlíce genipu mundana nubila, Hymn. Surt. 74, 3: 91, 23: Homl. Skt. 2, 241

Linked entry: middangeard-líc

middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind

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Th. 151; B. 75: Exon. 33 a; Th. 104, 1; Gú. 1: 95 b; Th. 355, 37; Pa. 1. God ðysne middangeard tócleófeþ, Blickl. Homl. 109, 35: Andr.

Linked entry: middan-eard

middan-sumor

(n.)
Grammar
middan-sumor, v. under midd, II, where perhaps in the instances in which middan occurs that word is to be taken as the first part of a compound.

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midde

(n.)
Grammar
midde, an; f.

The middle

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Th. 5404; B. 2705. Múð wæs on middan, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 10; Rä. 33, 9. On æge biþ gioleca on middan, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 339; Met. 20, 170

Middel-Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Engle, a; pl.

The Middle Angles ⬩ the Angles of Leicestershire

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Ðá wæs Déma biscop geworden Middel-Engla and eác Myrcna samod ... hé forþférde on Middel-Englum on ðam þeódlande ðe is nemned on Feppingum, S. 551, 32-36: 3, 24; S. 557, 17.

Linked entry: Engle

Middel-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Seaxe, <b>Middel-Seaxan;</b> pl.

The Middle-Saxons

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The Middle-Saxons, Saxons who settled in the district west of London, and whose name is preserved in the present Middlesex: they appear to have been an offshoot of the East Saxons. v.

Linked entry: Seaxe

midde-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
midde-weard, adj.

Mid-ward ⬩ middle of

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Seó eá is irnende þurh middewearde Babylonia burg mediam Babylonian interfluentem, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 3: 1, 3; Swt. 32, 6. As a noun :-- On middeweardan innoþes mínes in medio ventris mei, Ps. Lamb. 21, 15

mid-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mid-fæsten, es; n.

Mid-Lent

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Mid-Lent Wæs mycel gemót tó midfestene, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 11