melu-gescot
A contribution or payment made in meal
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A contribution or payment made in meal Hwílum weaxgescot, hwílum mealtgescot, hwílum melagescot, Wulfst. 171, 2 note
melu-hús
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
stel-méle
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A vessel with a stem or handle Stelmélas, Anglia ix. 264, 11
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wyrm-melu
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Dust of dried worms powdered (cf. 'Dry fair large earthworms before the fire, or in an oven, which when thorough dry, beat into powder,' Salmon's English Physician, quoted by Cockayne. See also: Eft angeltwæccan, gegníd swíþe, Lchdm. iii. 44. 4) Wyrc
meox-beorh
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a dunghill (?) Tó meox beorhym (= meoxbeorgum ?), Cht. E. 449, 35. Cf. N. E. D. mix-hill a dunghill. (?)
meox-scofl
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A dung-shovel Man sceal habban . . . ofurace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 3
wæter-méle
A water-cup
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A water-cup Wæterméle pelvis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78;Zup. 75, 15. Wætermǽle pulvis, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 68
Linked entry: méle
leáh-mealt-wurt
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some kind of wort Léhmealtwurt lexinum (? lixivum, cf. lixivum mustum the wine that runs out of the grapes before they are pressed), Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 23; Wrt. Voc. 34, 6
mersc-mear-gealla
A kind of gentian ⬩ gentiana 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
hwǽte-melu
Wheaten meal ⬩ flour
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Wheaten meal or flour Mid hwǽtemelwe, L. M. 3, 65; Lchdm. ii. 354, 12
mele-deáw
Honey-dew ⬩ nectar
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Honey-dew, nectar Hunig[deáw] oððe mildeáw nectar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 38. Nó hé fóddor þigeþ mete on moldan nemne meledeáwes dǽl gebyrge se dreóreþ oft æt miðdre nihte non illi cibus est nostro concessus in orbe, ambrosios libat cælesti nectare rores,
regn-meld
A mighty, solemn announcement
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A mighty, solemn announcement Gemyne ðú, mucgwyrt, hwæt ðú ámeldodest æt regenmelde, Lchdm. iii. 30, 30
Linked entry: meld
ác-melu
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Wið tóðwyrmum, genim ácmela, Lch. ii. 50, 16. Add
melu-hédern
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a meal-storehouse Man sceal habban . . . meluhúdern. Angl. ix. 265, 2
Linked entry: hédd-ern
beán-melu
Bean-meal
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Bean-meal Genim beánmela, Lch. ii. 84, 4
mése
A table ⬩ what is on a table
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A table; also what is on a table Míse (MS. T. mése) mensa, Ps. Spl. 68, 27. Meóse mensorium (mensoriumquod est in mensa, ut mantile, et vas escarium), Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 61. Mýse ł beód mensa, 82, 21. Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumon ðe feallaþ of heora hláfordes
met-lic
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máwan
to mow
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to mow Ðǽr nǽnig mann beg ne máweþ, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 32. Gelíce and mon mǽd máwe, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 15: Ps. Th. 128, 5. Rípan and máwan, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432, 15. Máwenum hege, Ps. Th. 102, 14