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meolc-líþe

(adj.)
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meolc-líþe, adj.
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Soft as milk, gentle Fram þám þe weg cynelicne beboda Drihtnes búton gylpes leahtre mealclíþe eádmódlíce stæppeð ab his qui uiam regiam mandatorum Domini absque iactantis uitio lactei humiliter incedunt, Angl. xiii. 369, 49

meolc-teónd

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meolc-teónd, l.
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-deónd

ofer-médla

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Hwǽr is démera dómstów? hwǽr is heora ofermédla, bútan mid moldan beðeaht and in wítum gewrecen, Wlfst. 263, 17. Add

ǽ-melle

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-melle, adj.

Insipid

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Insipid Insipidun, quod saporem non habet, hoc est unmeagle sive ǽmelle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 37

Linked entry: -melle

wiht-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
wiht-mearc, e; f.

A weight-marka plumb-line

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A weight-mark, a plumb-line Of punder, ol wihtmearce perpendiculo . Hpt. Gl. 476, 75

on-médla

(n.)
Grammar
on-médla, (-medla, Grimm, Grein), an; m.

pride, glory, magnificencepride, arrogance, presumptioncourage, boldness

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pride, glory, magnificence Ald onmédla is gecyrred the glory of earlier times is changed, Elen. Kmbl. 2529; El. 1266. Ðæt geó guman heóldan, ðenden him on eorþan onmédla wæs, Exon. Th. 51, 13; Cri. 815. Dagas sind gewitene, ealle onmédlan eorþan ríces

Linked entries: on-mǽdla on-médan

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

ác-melu

(n.)
Grammar
ác-melu, g. -meluwes; n.

Acorn-mealquerna farina

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Acorn-meal; querna farina, L. M. 1, 54; Lchdm. ii. 126, 7

melu-hús

(n.)
Grammar
melu-hús, es; n.

A house in which to keep meal

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A house in which to keep meal Mealehús farinale, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 41

Linked entry: meale-hús

an-medla

(n.)
Grammar
an-medla, on-medla, on-mædla, an; m.

Pridepomparrogancepresumptionsuperbiafastidiumarrogantiapræsumptio

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Pride, pomp, arrogance, presumption; superbia, fastidium, arrogantia, præsumptio For ðam anmedlan ðe hie ǽr drugon for the arrogance which they before had practised, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 16; Sat. 74. Ðú for anmedlan in ǽht bǽre [MS. bére] húsl-fatu hálegu

Linked entry: on-médla

Dene-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
Dene-mearc, Dene-marc,e ; f: -marce, -mearce, -merce, an; f.

DENMARK Dānia

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DENMARK; Dānia, Cimbrĭca Chersonēsus = Χερσόνησσs, f. a land island, peninsula; from χέρσos, χέρρos land, and νήσos, oτ; f. an island [Dene the Danes,-denu a plain, vale, valley; and mearc a boundary. The Saxon Chronicle, in 1005, 1023, 1036, has Denemearc

Linked entry: Dena mearc

éðel-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-mearc, e; f.

One's country's boundary patriæ līmes

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One's country's boundary; patriæ līmes Him ðá Abraham gewát of Egipta éðelmearce Abraham then departed from the Egyptians' country's boundary, Cd. 85; Th. 106, 9; Gen. 1768: 90; Th. 112, 22; Gen. 1874: 100; Th. 133, 8; Gen. 2207

first-mearc

(n.)

an interval of timeintercăpēdo

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an interval of time; intercăpēdo, Som. Ben. Lye. V. frist-mearc

Linked entry: frist-mearc

frist-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
frist-mearc, e; f. [frist = first, fyrst a space of time]

Are interval of timeintermissionrespiteintercăpēdo

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Are interval of time, intermission, respite; intercăpēdo Fristmearc intercapedo, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 158, 19

hrycg-mearh

(n.)
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the spinal marrow

Linked entry: mearh

mearc-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-beorh, gen. -beorges; m.

A hill which forms part of a boundany

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A hill which forms part of a boundany Predicta tellus his terminis circumcincta. Ǽrest on æscwoldes hláw: ðonne on gemótbiorh ... ðonne on mearcbiorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 195, 14. Æt ðæne mearcbeorh, iii. 175, 35. Cf. gemǽr-beorh, iii. 403, 27. [Kemble

meolc-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
meolc-hwít, adj.

Milk-white

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Milk-white Of meolchwýttre lacteo, Germ. 389, 70. Meolchwítum lacteis, 397, 32

Linked entry: hwít

mersc-mealwe

(n.)
Grammar
mersc-mealwe, an; f.

Marsh-mallow

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Marsh-mallow Merscmealewe althea, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 20. Merscmealwe hibiscum, ii. 43, 3. Merscmealuwe. Ðeós wyrt ðe man hibiscum and óðrum naman merscmealwe (-mealuwe, MS. B.) nemnaþ, Herb. 39; Lchdm. i. 140, 3-5. Merscmealwan crop, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm

Linked entry: mealwe

ge-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mearc, es; n.

A boundary, limitlŏcus designātus

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A boundary, limit; lŏcus designātus Gewát him se æðeling to ðæs gemearces ðe him Metod tǽhte the man departed to the limit which the Lord had shewn him, Cd. 139; Th. 174, 28; Gen. 2885

ge-meare

(n.)

an end,

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an end, Ps. Lamb. 58, 14