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mere-grot

(n.)
Grammar
mere-grot, es; n.

A pebblestone of the seaa pearl

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A pebble or stone of the sea, a pearl Ne forlǽte ic ðé nǽfre, mín meregrot! Blickl. Homl. 149, 2. Is heofena ríce gelíc ðam mangere ðe sóhte ðæt góde meregrot. Ðá hé funde ðæt án deórwyrðe meregrot ðá bohte hé ðæt meregrot, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45-46. Bergean

Linked entry: grot

mere-grota

(n.)
Grammar
mere-grota, an; m.

A pearl

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A pearl Meregrota margarita, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 24. On ðám beóþ oft gemétte ða betstan meregrotan quibus inclusam sæpe margaritam optimam inveniunt, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 18

mere-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
mere-hrægel, es; n.

A sea-garmenta sail

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A sea-garment, a sail Merehrægla sum, segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3815; B. 1905

mere-hús

(n.)
Grammar
mere-hús, es; n.

A sea-house (Noah's ark)

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A sea-house (Noah's ark), Cd. 65; Th. 78, 34; Gen. 1303: 69; Th. 82, 18; Gen. 1364

mere-hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
mere-hwearf, es; m.

A sea-wharfsea-shore

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A sea-wharf, sea-shore, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 16; Exod. 516

Linked entry: hwearf

mere-lád

(n.)
Grammar
mere-lád, e; f.

A sea-waythe road which the sea furnishes

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A sea-way, the road which the sea furnishes, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 9; Bo. 27

mere-torr

(n.)
Grammar
mere-torr, es; m.

A tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea)

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A tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea), Cd. 167; Th. 208, 16; Exod. 484

mere-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
mere-wíf, es; n.

A water-witchwoman living in a lake

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A water-witch, woman living in a lake (Grendel's mother), Beo. Th. 3042; B. 1519

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

mete-láf

(n.)
Grammar
mete-láf, e; f.

A remnant of food

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A remnant of food Dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe let them distribute all the remnants of food, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 7. On ðíne meteláfa in reliquias ciborum tuorum, Ex. 8, 3. Ða metláfo reliquias, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20

mete-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-sócn, e; f.

Desire for foodappetite

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Desire for food, appetite Of ðæs magan ádle cumaþ ungemetlíca metesócna, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 174, 27

Linked entry: sócn

mete-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-þegn, es; m.

An officer whose duty it is to see after fooda sewer

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An officer whose duty it is to see after food, a sewer, Cd. 148; Th. 185, 31; Exod. 131

un-met

(adj.)
Grammar
un-met, un-mett, -mete; adj.

Without measureimmenseexcessive

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Without measure, immense, excessive Wæs seó éhtnysse unmetre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum quae persecutio omnibus anteactis immanior fuit, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 23

met

(n.)
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Add: measure Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno; þonne sceal hé þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, mid gongum, mid rádum, oþþe mid þý þe hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige; and hý sculan nyttian lytlum and forhtlicum metum ( these means are to be employed

be-metan

(v.)
Grammar
be-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [be, metan to measure]

To measure bycompareestimateconsidermetiricommetiricomparareæstimare

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To measure by, compare, estimate, consider; metiri, commetiri, comparare, æstimare Ðæt hý ðá æt nihstan hý sylfe to nóhte bemǽtan that they at last compared themselves to nought Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 43. Ðæt hý ná siððan nánes anwealdes hý ne bemǽtan,

cúðe-men

(n.)
Grammar
cúðe-men, pl. m.

Relationscognati

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Relations; cognati Ða cúðemen cognati, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 58

Linked entry: cúðo-menn

Nor-men

Similar entry: Norþ-mann

fæsting-men

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eád-médan

(v.)
Grammar
eád-médan, p. de

To humblehumiliāre

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To humble; humiliāre, Ps. Spl. 74, 7: 38, 3