mǽg-lagu
Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen
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Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen (mǽgas), e. g. in the matter of paying or receiving certain parts of the wergild if one of their number slew or was slain Hé (mynster-munuc) gǽþ of his mǽglage ðonne hé gebýhþ tó regollage, L.
mǽl-dropa
Phlegm
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Phlegm Mǽldropa. flegma. i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 39
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.]
mǽr-heg
A boundary (?) hedge
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A boundary (?) hedge Ondlong ðære burnan óþ hit cymeþ tó ðæm mǽrhege; ondlong ðæs mǽres heges ðæt hit cymeþ up on ða dúne. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 29
mǽr-hlísa
Great fame ⬩ celebrity
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Great fame, celebrity Mid mǽrhlísan cælebri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 74
Linked entry: hlísa
mǽr-pytt
A pit that forms part of a boundary
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A pit that forms part of a boundary (?) On ðone mǽrpyt; of ðam pytte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 439, 1. Eást tó mǽrpytte, ii. 250, 5
mær-weorc
A great, splendid work,
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A great, splendid work, Ps. Th. 110, 4
mæst-cist
The hole in which the mast is fixed
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The hole in which the mast is fixed Mest malus: mastcyst modius. Wrt. Voc. 63, 48, 49. Mæstcyst modius, ii. 59, 27. ['dicitur modius cavum illud in navi cui arbor institit', Forcellini.]
mæst-ráp
A rope fastening a sail to a mast
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A rope fastening a sail to a mast, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 27; Exod. 82
Mæð-hild
A woman's name ⬩ Matilda
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A woman's name, Matilda Wé ðæt Mæðhilde gefrugnon, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 10; Deór. 14
magu-geóguþ
Youth
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Youth, Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 23; Cri. 1429
magu-rǽdend
One who advises men
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One who advises men Woldon cræfta gehygd magorǽdendes ( St. Andrew ) mód oncyrran, Andr. Kmbl. 2920; An. 1463
magu-rǽswa
A leader of men ⬩ a chief
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A leader of men, a chief Se magorǽswa mǽgþe sínre dómas sægde, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 2; Gen. 1624. Se ðe lǽdde, módig magorǽswa (MS. -ræwa), 145; Th. 181, 2; Exod. 55 : 143; Th. 178, 25; Exod. 17
Linked entry: rǽswa
magu-timber
A child ⬩ progeny ⬩ all those who are born
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A child Ðá heó wæs magotimbre eácen worden when she was with child, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 36; Gen. 2235. Mé sealde sunu sigora waldend, and mé cearsorge mid ðýs magotimbre of móde ásceáf, 55; Th. 68, 10; Gen. 1115. [Cf. Icel. manns-efni (efni material, stuff
Mame-ceaster
Manchester
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Manchester Mameceaster on Norþhymbrum, Chr. 923; Erl. 110, 4
mann-bryne
A fire in which men lose their lives
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A fire in which men lose their lives(?) Ðá wæs swíðe micel mancwealm, and se micela manbryne wæs on Lundene, and Paules mynster forbarn, Chr. 962; Erl. 120, 6. [Thorpe with previous translators renders the word by fever; Earle would read mánbryne = destructive
Linked entry: mán-bryne
mann-cwealm
Death of men ⬩ pestilence ⬩ mortality ⬩ slaughter
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Death of men, pestilence, mortality, slaughter Mancwealm pestilentia, Bd. 1, 14, tit; S. 482, 14. On ðǽm dagum wæs se mǽsta mancwealm ( pestes plurimas dirosque morbos ), Ors. 1, 6; Swt. 36, 15. Se micla moncwealm ingens pestilentia, 3, 3; Swt. 102,
mann-dreám
Human joy ⬩ joyous life among men ⬩ joyous noise
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Human joy, joyous life among men, joyous noise Ðú ne gemyndgast æfter mandreáme, ne wást bútan wildeóra þeáw thy mind shall not be according to human life, nor shall thou (Nebuchadnezzar) know aught but the habit of wild beasts, Cd. 203; Th. 251, 30;
mann-eáca
An increase of human beings
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An increase of human beings Ðæt hié wǽron ortriéwe hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde ut defectura successio crederetur (on account of pestilence no children were born alive), Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 20
mann-faru
A going of men ⬩ a moving band of men
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A going of men or a moving band of men, Wé ðás wic mágun fótum áfyllan, meara þreátum and monfarum, Exon. 36 b; Th. 119, 20; Gú. 257