mǽl-dæg
A day ⬩ season ⬩ an appointed time
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A day, season, an appointed time Hé ðæs mǽl-dæges self ne wénde ðæt him Sarra bringan meahte on woruld sunu he himself never hoped for the day when Sarah could bring him a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 4; Gen. 2339. Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde on
Linked entry: mál-dæg
mǽl-dropa
Phlegm
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Phlegm Mǽldropa. flegma. i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 39
mǽl-dropiende
phlegmatic ⬩ flegmaticus
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phlegmatic; flegmaticus, Ælfc. Gl. 77; Som. 72, 13; Wrt. 45, 47
mǽl-mete
Food to eat
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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]
ge-mǽl
Marked, stained
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Marked, stained Earh ǽttre gemǽl the arrow stained with poison, Andr. Kmbl. 2663; An. 1333
undern-mǽl
Morning-time
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Morning-time On undernmǽl, Beo. Th. 2860; B. 1428. An undermǽl, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 319
cucler-mǽl
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Diles þreó cuclermǽl, Lch. ii. 184, 17, 18: 250, 26. Add
dæg-mǽl
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Dægmǽl horologium, dægmǽles píl gnomon, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 41, 42. Seó sunne ástíhð pricmǽlum on þám dægmǽle . . . se sticca on þám dægmǽle áriht stent, Angl. viii. 317, 15-21. Seó emniht is on .xii[^m]ᵃ kl. April., swá swá þá geleáfullan rǽderas hit gesetton
cýrstel-mǽl
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ge-mǽl
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grǽg-mǽl
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Add: with grey marks, having inlaid ornamentation
fót-mǽl
foot-mark ⬩ foot ⬩ a foot
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In l. 3 for foot-mark read foot, and add: a foot as a measure Men on lenge syx fótmæla lange homines statura pedum .vi., Nar. 35, 2. On lenge hundteontiges fótmæla and fíftiges lange, 36, 12. some kind of cross ( Similar entries ? v. mǽl; II ) Of ðám
friþ-mǽl
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grǽg-mǽl
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Of a grey colour, Beo. Th. 5357; B. 2682. See under 'grǽg,' the passage in which that adjective is applied to weapons
fót-mǽl
A foot-mark or print ⬩ foot-space ⬩ signum vel mensūra pĕdis
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A foot-mark or print, foot-space; signum vel mensūra pĕdis Ic wille nǽfre ðé myntan ne furh ne fótmǽl I will never appoint for thee neither furrow nor foot-mark, L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 7. He næfde ðá ealles landes búton seofon fótmǽl he had not then but
hring-mǽl
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Ornamented with inlaid rings [of a sword], Bec. Th.3133; B. 1564
Linked entry: hring-mǽled
mǽl-cearu
Care or trouble belonging to a particular time
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Care or trouble belonging to a particular time Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ so did Healfdene's son ever brood over the trouble of that time, Beo. Th. 380; B. 189
mǽl-gesceaft
That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate
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That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate Ic bád mǽlgesceafta I waited for that which in due time fate would assign me, Beo. Th. 5467; B. 2737
mǽl-sceafa
A canker
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A canker Mǽlscæafa eruca, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 60, 3; Wrt. 24, 7. Mǽlsceafa caniglata. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 19. Mǽlsceafa eruca, Wrt. Voc. 78, 66; Zup. 310, 5. In the last reference one MS. (v. Wrt. Voc. 91, 23) has mæslesceafe; in Wrt. Voc. 161, 23 maseles
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mǽl-tange
A pair of compasses
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A pair of compasses Mǽltange circinum, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 70; Wrt. Voc. 34, 5: 62; Som. 68, 78; Wrt. Voc. 39, 61. Mǽltanges prica centrum, 39, 62