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mid-dæg

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Se middæg wæs fram Abraham oð Móysen, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 19. Seó tíd middæges, Hml. S. 23 b, 160. Hwæt déstú gif ic tó mergen middeges gebíde ? what wilt thou do if to-morrow I live to see midday? Hml. S. 3, 590. Fram middæge oð nón a sexta hora usque ad

mid-gesíþ

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Midgesíðum emhlenned sodalibus vallatus, Hpt. Gl. 422, 38. Napier (An. Ox. 680, note) from this passage deduces a midgesíþ (cf. Goth. miþ-gasinþa) on the ground that mid as preposition here would be unsuitable. But if the construction with verbs similar

mid-hilte

(n.)
Grammar
mid-hilte, an; f.
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The middle part of the hilt Midhilte capulus, manubrium gladii vel uniuscuiusque rel, Wülck. Gl. 199, 21

Linked entry: hilte

mid-ness

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In hiora midnesse, Shrn. 36, 14. Add

mid-síþegian

(v.)
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to accompany Midsýðegodon comitantur, Hpt. 31, 16, 426:13, 310. Midsýðegod comitata, 12, 273. Cf. mid-síþian

Linked entry: síþegian

mid-spreca

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Sege ús ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé beóð þíne geholan and ealne wæg þíne midsprecan. Hml. S. 23, 590. Leahtra anspecan and manna midspecan (liberatores), Chrd. 62, 26. Add

mid-þeahtian

(v.)
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to consent Ná midþeahtien wiþerwenglum ne consentiant adversariis, Ps. Rdr. 290, 1

Linked entry: þeahtian

mid-þolian

(v.)
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to compassionate Midþolian conpati, Scint. 149, 9. Mildheortnyss fram midþoligende fremedre yrmðe nama gehlét misericordia a conpatiendo aliene miserie uocabulum sortita est, 147, 3: 148. 16

míl-gemearc

Grammar
míl-gemearc, Add: ge-mearcian; <b>Ia.</b>

míl-gemet

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Út on þone feld; ðæt út tó mílgemete, C. D. v. 382, 2. Add

mid-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
mid-dæg, es; m.

Mid-day

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Mid-day Middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 12: Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 33: Jn. Skt. 4, 6. Middæg meridies, Ælfc. Gr. 12; Som. 15, 46: Hymn. Surt. 16, 29. Ðæs middæges gereord, R. Ben. 65, 20 Tó middæges, 65, 18. Tó middæge at midday, Lchdm. iii. 218, 4, 6,

mid-eard

(n.)
Grammar
mid-eard, es; m.

The world

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The world Mideardes ordfruman mundi originem, Hymn. Surt. 13, 30. Seó sunne ðe onlíht ealne mideard, Homl. Skt. 1, 72

Linked entry: eard

mid-feorh

(n.)
Grammar
mid-feorh, gen. -feores; m. n.

The period of middle age

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The period of middle age Midferh juventus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 17. Oft biþ on hálgum gewrietum genemned midfeorh (MS. mid feorwe) tó giúguþháde aliquando adolescentia juventus vocatur, Past. 49, 5; Swt. 385, 31. [Cf. Ps. Th. 54, 24 on middum feore:

Linked entries: feorh feorwe

mid-ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhþ, es; m. n.

Middle life or age

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Middle life or age On cnihtháde ... swá forþ eallne giógoþhád ... and ðonne lytle ǽr his midferhþe, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 25

mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, e; f.

Middle age

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Middle age Seó heora iúgoþ and seó midfyrhtnes bútan ǽgwylcum leahtre gestanden, hwylc talge wé ðæt seó yldo and se ende ðæs heora lífes wǽre? Blickl. Homl. 163, 3-6

Linked entry: -ferhtness

mid-help

(n.)
Grammar
mid-help, es; m: e; f.

Helpassistance

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Help, assistance Tó miðhelpe adjuvando, Rtl. 29, 36

Linked entry: help

mid-hriðere

(n.)
Grammar
mid-hriðere, -hridir, es; n.

The membrane enclosing the entrails

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The membrane enclosing the entrails Midhridir, nioþanweard hype ilia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 54. Midhriðre omentum, i. 65, 56. Midhryðre, 284, 3. Midhryðere, ii. 64, 4

Linked entry: hreðer

mid-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ness, e; f.

Middlemidst

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Middle, midst In midnesse ðæs mynstres ... wit wǽron on midnesse miccles eges; ðá genámon wit on midnysse ðæs eówdes twegen buccan, Shrn. 41, 20-27

mid-niht

(n.)
Grammar
mid-niht, e; f.

Mid-night

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Mid-night Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... feórþa is intempestum, ðæt is midniht, Lchdm. iii. 244, 3: Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 32. Midniht intempestum vel intempesta nox, i. 53, 5. On middre nihte wearþ clypung gehýred ... Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht búton seó

mid-rád

(n.)
Grammar
mid-rád, e; f.

A riding with another

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A riding with another Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ge æt spore ge æt midráde ( in accompanying the other in following the trace of the lost property ), L. Æðelst. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 12