mid-winter
Mid-winter ⬩ Christmas
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C. E. pref.; Th. i. 358, 7
Linked entry: winter
mildheort-ness
Mercy ⬩ compassion ⬩ pity ⬩ clemency
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Godes módor hire mildheortnesse ðære burhware gecýðde Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 15. Ðǽr beóþ gegearwode Godes mildheortnessa, Blickl. Homl. 193, 20: 103, 18. Hé him lytle mildheortnesse gedyde, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 15
milt-coðu
Disease of the spleen ⬩ lienosis
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Disease of the spleen; lienosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 74
mimorian
To keep in the memory ⬩ remember
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C.) ða yldran and tǽcan heora gingran, Wulfst. 74, 15
Mirce
The Mercians ⬩ Mercia
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Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda ðǽr mon ǽrest Myrcna hǽt, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 15. Myrcena cining, land, Chr. 792; Erl. 59, 1: 796; Erl. 59, 39: L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 25: L. Eth. i. pref.; Th. i. 280, 4.
Linked entry: Myrce
mis-dǽd
A mis-deed ⬩ evil action ⬩ transgression ⬩ offence ⬩ injury
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C. S. 48; Th. i. 404, 1
mis-dón
to act wrongly ⬩ offend ⬩ transgress
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C. 4; Th. ii. 262, 6. Se ðe misðóeþ qui male agit, Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, 20. Se ðe misdyde, hé hit gebéte, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 15. Tó fela is ðæra ðe misdydan, Wulfst. 270, 30. [Durste nán man misdón wið óðer on his tíme, Chr. 1135; Erl. 261, 7.]
mis-lǽdan
to mislead ⬩ lead astray
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to mislead, lead astray Gif hé láre ne can, ne hé leornian nele, ac mislǽt his hýrmen and hine silfne forþ mid, L. Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 22
missan
to miss ⬩ fail to hit ⬩ to escape the notice of a person
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C. 32; Th. ii. 250, 25
missen-
Dissimilar ⬩ different ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ divers
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) leoþocræftas londbúendum, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 4; Crä. 28. Hé ús syleþ missenlícu mód. 89 a; Th. 334, 8; Gn. Ex. 13. Ealle yfelhæbbende missenlícum ádlum ( variis languoribus ), Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24.
mist-hliþ
A mist-covered hill-side
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A mist-covered hill-side Ðá com of móre under misthleoþum Grendel gongan then came from the moor, under the misty slopes, Grendel walking, Beo. Th. 1425; B, 710.
mis-tímian
To happen amiss ⬩ to do amiss
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C.), 200, 21.]
mixen-plante
The mixer-plant ⬩ solanum nigrum ⬩ morella minor ⬩ night-shade
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Otherwise night-shade,' Lchdm. iii. 338, col. 2 Of ðære wyrte ðe man háteþ myxenplante, L. M. 1, 58; Lchdm. ii. 128, 23
Linked entry: plante
mód-cræftig
Possessing mental power ⬩ intelligent ⬩ skilled
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Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 2; Crá, 62
módrige
an aunt ⬩ a cousin
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C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 14. Móddrie, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 32. Módrigan sunu fratrueles, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 53: 55, 31. Módrian sunu consobrinus, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 130, 21: Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 9. Módergan sunu, Shrn. 93, 3. Móddrian sunu, Homl. Th. i. 58, 5: Wrt.
mód-snotor
Prudent of mind ⬩ wise ⬩ sagacious
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In mæðle módsnottera, 79a; Th. 295, 31; Crä. 41: 100a; Th. 374, 19; Seel. Ex. 128. Módsnotra, Soul Kmbl. 249; Seel. Verc. 128
mod-staþolfæstness
Stability of mind
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C.) and módes strencþe se mánfulla deófol sendeþ wácmodnysse and lyðerne earhscype, Wulfst. 53, 10
mónaþ
A month ⬩ lunar ⬩ calendar
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S. c. VI for the month-names in Anglo-Saxon and related dialects
Mon-íg
The Isle of Man or Anglesey ⬩ Mona
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The Isle of Man or Anglesey; Mona Ðá gehergodon hí Moníge [Mæníge] then they harried the Isle of Man, Chr. 1000 (ed. Thorpe). Moníge Brytta eáland Angelcynnes ríce hé underþeódde Mevanias insulas imperio subjugavit Anglorum, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 16
mór-fæsten
A place secure from attack from the swampy character of the country
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Chr. 878; Erl. 78, 34