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dæg-mete

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-mete, es; m. [dæg a day, mete meat, food]

Daily foodquotidianus cibus

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Daily food;quotidianus cibus Dæg-mete agapis, Cot. 15, Som. Ben. Lye

-médu

(suffix)
Grammar
-médu, v. eáþ-, gram-, ofer-médu ; -méde, es ; n.

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méce-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
méce-fisc, es; m.

A mullet

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A mullet Méce-(mǽce-)fisc mugil, Ælfc. Gl. Zup, 308, 5

Linked entry: mǽce-fisc

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

melde

(n.)
Grammar
melde, an; f.

Orach

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Orach, a plant-name Melde, Lchdm. iii. 6, 11. Nim meldon ða wyrt, 54, 23

mersc-mear-gealla

(n.)
Grammar
mersc-mear-gealla, an; m.

A kind of gentiangentiana pneumonanthe

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A kind of gentian; gentiana pneumonanthe Nim merscmeargeallan, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 5: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 124, 1

menen

(n.)
Grammar
menen, mennen, minnen, es; n.

A female servantbondwomanhandmaid

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A female servant, bondwoman, handmaid Án menen ł þeówæ ancilla, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 69: vernacula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 37. Mennen ancilla, 2, 39. Sunu menenes ðínes filius ancillæ tuæ, Ps. Surt. 115, 16: 122, 2. Minenes, p. 200, 6. Be ceorles mennenes

mertze

Grammar
mertze, (?) substitute: <b>mertze, myrtse,</b>
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and add : trading dues. [For instances of such dues see Ll. Th. i. 300] Scipmanna (-e, MS. ) myrtse, céping teloneum (cf. teloneum tributum pro mercibus, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 10. Cf. ciping; <b>I a</b>

médren

(adj.)
Grammar
médren, <b>, médern, méddern;</b> adj.

Maternalon the mother's side

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Maternal, (of lineage) on the mother's side Eádweard his bróðor on médren (cf. Icel. móðerni the mother's side ), Chr. 1041; Erl. 166, 28. Þurh médderne per maternam, Hpt. Gl. 404, 70. Of médernum hrife de vulva; médernum maternis, 441, 41, 25. Of méddernum

Linked entries: méderen módren

mete-sacca

Grammar
mete-sacca, met-[?]sacca, an; m.

A kind of measure

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A kind of measure Metesacca legula (ligula mensuræ genus quod alio nomine cochlea dicitur et est octava pars cyathi) vel coclea, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 62

Linked entry: rǽdere

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morningthe morning of the next daymorrow

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In merne in crastinum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 34. On merne, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 43: 12, 12. Tó merne cras, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 32. On mergen in crastinum, Jn. Skt. 1, 43: 12, 12. On merien, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 16.

Linked entries: mergen merne

cócor-mete

(n.)
Grammar
cócor-mete, es; m.[cóc a cook, mete meat, food]

Meal divided into four parts? quadripartiturn

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Meal divided into four parts? quadripartiturn fWrt. Voc. 290, 41

mersc

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Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.

mearu

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Merwe ífigtwigu, Lch. ii. 324, 16. Merwost sié, 194, 24. of persons. not grown up, not fully developed, inexperienced Hé him wæs ondrǽdende þone slide þǽre synne in þám merwum (mearwum, v. l.) leorningmannum (tenerioribus discipulis), Gr.

meox

Grammar
meox, [In 1. 6 after 'meox ?' insert: and swá ðeáh, gif þú his wel notast, hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre?]
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Add: manure Ne forhtige gé for ðæs fyrnfullan þreátum, for ðan þe his wuldor is wyrms and meox, Hml. S. 25, 261. Hit ys bysmorlic dǽd ꝥ ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mettum áfylle and on óðerne ende him gange ꝥ meox út fram, E. S. viii. 62, 16. Ic hine

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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Add: a weak form mearce occurs Angl. viii. 326, 11, and a neuter mearc Gr. D. 197, 4. a boundary of land Istis terminibus terra circumgyrata esse videtur. . Ǽrest Ælfgýðe mearc .. . oþ Eádgife mearce, þonae þonan tó þæs biscopes mearce, Cht. E. 176,

mearh

(n.)
Grammar
mearh, a horse.
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Mera mengeo on onsióne máran . . . þonne ðá elpendas maiores elephantorum corporibus hypopotami, Nar. 11, 1. Add

mene-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
mene-scilling, es; m.

A coin worn as an ornament

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A coin worn as an ornament Menescillingas lunules, Ep. Gl. 13 b, 37: Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 15. Mynescillingas, 49, 72

mete-corn

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

Corn for food

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Corn for food Ílk habbe his metecú and his metecorn, Chart. Th. 580, 7. v. next word

mete-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
mete-fæt, es; n.

A dish

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A dish Micel and rúm metfæt graves et ampla parabsis, Germ. 403, 18

Linked entry: met-fæt