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smeá-mete

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Sylle man tó middægþénunge twám and twám án tyl cýssticce and sumne smeámete (cibaria alia) . . . and on ǽfen twám and twám án cýssticce and sume smeámettas (cibaria alia), Chrd. 15, 2-5: 14, 36, 37. Add

sufel-mete

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See preceding word

ǽfen-mete

(adj.)
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ǽfen-mete, adj.

Provided with supper

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(?) Provided with supper; (=-æt?) éfenmeti wéron hiá coenantibus eis, Mt. L. 26, 26

met-ern

Similar entry: mete-ærn

met-cund

Grammar
met-cund, The Latin word glossed is
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catalectico

ǽfen-mete

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-mete, es; m.

Evening meat ⬩ supper ⬩ cœna

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Evening meat, supper; cœna, Cot. 42

mete-gearwa

(n.)
Grammar
mete-gearwa, pl. f.

Preparations of food

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Preparations of food Óðre hwǽtene (MS. wætan) metegearwa sint tó forbeódanne other preparations of wheaten food are to be forbidden, L. M. 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 210, 26

mete-gird

Similar entry: met-gird

mete-þearfende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
mete-þearfende, part.

Wanting food

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Wanting food Hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse meteþearfendum they made every foreigner food for themselves in want of meat, Andr. Kmbl. 54; An. 27: 272; An. 136

pan-mete

(n.)
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cooked food Ǽlces cynnes panmete ferculum, Wrt. Voc.ii. 38, 59. Ponmete vivertitum, i. 290, 42

wurt-mete

Similar entry: wyrt-mete

byrþen-mete

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>byrþen-mǽte;</b> adj. Burdensome Byrðenméte onerosa, Kent. Gl. 1011

cócor-mete

(n.)
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seasoned food Cócormete quadripertitum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 41

dæg-mete

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Substitute: A day-meal(?), breakfast or dinner Dægmete agapis, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 36: ii. 8, 9

fór-mete

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Hig lédon on his sacc fórmete datis cibariis in viam, Gen. 42, 25. Hé sealde him formete (or for mete?), hláf and wæter tollens panem et utrem aquae imposuit scapulae ejus, 21, 14. Sile him fórmete dabis viaticum, Deut. 15, 14. Sum óðer wegférend bær

mete-áfliúng

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mete-áfliúng, l.
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mete-flíung

mete-ærn

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a refectory :-- Þonne tǽce ic eów hwǽr þára bróðra metern (refectorium) wǽre, Gr. D. 147, 34. Add

mete-cleofa

(n.)
Grammar
mete-cleofa, an ; m.
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A pantry Met[e]clyf[a] cellarium, An. Ox. 56, 270

mete-cweorra

(n.)
Grammar
mete-cweorra, an; m.
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Surfeit of food(?) Wið metecweorran, Lch. iii. 60, 4

Linked entries: -cweorra á-cweorran

mete-fætels

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mete-fætels, l.
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-fǽtels

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