mild-hleahtor
Gentle laughter
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Gentle laughter Bysmrodon mé mildleahtre (or mid hleahtre?) subsannaverunt me subsannatione, Ps. Spl. 34, 19
míl-pæþ
A road along which miles are reckoned
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A road along which miles are reckoned Wlance þegnas mǽton mílpaþas meara bógum proud thanes traversed the roads on their steeds, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 20; Exod. 171: Elen. Kmbl. 2523; El. 1263: Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 16; Rún. 5
miltan
To melt ⬩ to digest ⬩ to refine by melting ⬩ To melt ⬩ become liquid
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To melt Nim heortes mearg mylt take heart's marrow, melt it, L. Med. ex Quad. 10, 4; Lchdm. i. 366, 4. Mylt buteran, Lchdm. iii. 6, 22.
milt-coðu
Disease of the spleen ⬩ lienosis
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Disease of the spleen; lienosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 74
milte-seóc
Splenetic
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Voc. i. 19, 41. Wið milteseócum men, him mon sceal sellan eced, L. M. 2, 39; Lchdm ii. 248, 9: 2, 41; Lchdm. ii. 252, 5
miltestre
A harlot
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A harlot Myltestre meretrix vel scorta, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 72: Gen. 38, 15. Ne lǽt ðú ðíne dohtor beón myltestre me prostituas filiam tuam, Lev. 19, 29. Beclypte seó myltestre ðæt clǽne mǽden, Homl. Skt. 2, 169: 7, 178.
miltsung
Mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ compassion ⬩ a shewing mercy ⬩ pardon ⬩ indulgence
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Hé ús mid his miltsunge ( sua miseratione ) gescylde, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 24.
mín
Mine ⬩ my
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Ðis is mínes fæder willa, Jn. Skt. 6, 40. Mínre faðan yldre móder, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 19. On mínre gesihþe, Ps. Th. 88, 31. Ne cunne gé mé ne mínne fæder, Jn. Skt. 8, 19. Nimaþ mín geoc ofer eów, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 29.
min-dóm
Smallness ⬩ abjectness ⬩ pusillanimity
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Smallness, abjectness, pusillanimity Ic bíde ðæs beornes ðe me bóte (? béte) eft mindóm expectabam eum qui me salvum faceret a pusillo animo, Ps. Th. 54, 7
minsian
To lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ become small
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To lessen, diminish, become small Wlite minsode, Cd. 187; Th. 232, 30; Dan. 268. Minsade, Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 48; Reim. 29. Cf. Ne mæg ǽnig man Godes mihta ne his mǽrþa geminsian, Wulfst. 35, 3
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minte
Mint
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Voc. i. 31, 11: ii. 98, 18: mentha, i. 67, 65. Eal mintan cyn mentastrum, ii. 56, 34. Gé ðe teóðiaþ mintan, Lk. Skt. 11, 42: Mt. Kmbl. 23, 23
mirce
Darkness
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Darkness Se ðe hié of ðam mirce ( the fiery furnace ) generede, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 15; Dan. 448. Myrce (or adv. ?) gescýrded shrouded with darkness, Andr. Kmbl. 2628; An. 1315
Mircisc
Mercian
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Mercian Be Merciscan áðe, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 18
mirgan
To be merry ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ be glad
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To be merry, to rejoice, be glad Fægniaþ and myrgaþ Gode mid wynsumre stemne jubilate Deo in voce exultationis, Ps. Th. 46, 1
mirgen
that which causes delight ⬩ poetry
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Him wæs lust micel ðæt hé ðiossum leódum leóþ spellode, monnum myrgen great his (Alfred) delight was lays to relate, matter of mirth for men, Bt. Met. Fox introd. 9; Met. Einl. 5
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mirige
Pleasantly ⬩ sweetly ⬩ gladly
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Pleasantly, sweetly, gladly His módor gehýrde hú myrge hé sang mid ðám munecum and hyre wæs myrge on hyre móde his mother heard how sweetly he sang with the monks, and she was glad at heart, Wulfst. 152, 11-13
mirra
One who leads astray ⬩ a deceiver
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One who leads astray, a deceiver Merra seductor, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 63
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mirran
to be a stumbling-block to ⬩ to hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to waste ⬩ squander ⬩ To err
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to be a stumbling-block to, to hinder, obstruct Ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ ( scandali occasionem praebere ), Past. 59, 6; Swt. 453, 4. Sió ofersmeáung mirþ ( is a hindrance to ) ða unwísan, 15, 5; Swt. 97, 17.
mirrelse
A hindrance ⬩ stumbling-block
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A hindrance, stumbling-block Gif sóþfæstra þurh myrrelsan mód ne óðcyrreþ if the mind of the righteous, through rock of offence, turn not aside, Exon. 70 b; Th. 262, 25; Jul. 338