mersc-hófe
Similar entry: hófe
mersc-hop
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A hope ( v. hop) in a fen Þá merschopa þe þǽr bútan syndon, C. D. B. ii. 526, 10
meaht-full
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Powerful Mín God is strang and mihtful, Hml. A. 174, 137
meaht-leás
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Add: weak, impotent, powerless. physically Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte . . . hé þurh-wunode swá unspecende and mihteleás forð oð þone Ðunresdæg and þá his líf álét, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 24. Hí wǽron mid þǽre meteleáste mihtleáse
mealm-stán
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Wrít þysne circul mid þínes cnífes orde on ánum mealmstáne (printed mealan stáne; but see Archiv cxxix. 48, n. l), Lch. i. 395, 4. Add
melcan
To milk
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To milk Ic melce mulgeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 55. Melke, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Se ðe melcþ qui emulget, Kent. Gl. 1121. Milciþ morgit (?), Ep. Gl. 14 f, 16. Milcet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 73. Milcit, 114, 17: mulgit, Wülck. 33, 26. Hé éwa mealc,
Linked entry: meolcian
fisc-mere
A fish-pond ⬩ piscīna ⬩ vīvārium
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A fish-pond; piscīna, vīvārium, Som. Ben. Lye
hran-mere
the sea
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The whale-mere, the sea Hronmere, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 19; Met. 5, 10
hring-mere
a bath
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A round pool, a bath, Exon. 124 b; Th. 478, 21; Ruin. 45
ís-mere
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A mere covered with ice Scíneþ sunne sóna ísmere weorþeþ tó wætre the sun shines, at once the icy lake turns to water, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 123; Met. 28, 62
mere-candel
The sea-candle ⬩ the sun which rises from, or sets in the sea
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The sea-candle, the sun which rises from, or sets in the sea, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 114; Met. 13, 57
Linked entry: heáðu-sigel
mere-cist
A sea-chest
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A sea-chest Noe ongan wyrcan micle merecieste ( the ark ), Cd. 66; Th. 79, 26; Gen. 1317
mere-deór
A sea-beast
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A sea-beast,Beo. Th. 1120; B. 558
mere-fara
A sea-farer
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A sea-farer, Beo. Th. 1008; B. 502
mere-faroþ
Sea-waves
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Sea-waves On merefaroþe on the waves, Andr. Kmbl. 577; An. 289: 701; An. 351: Exon. 122 b; Th. 471, 16; Rä. 61, 2
mere-fisc
A sea-fish
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A sea-fish Wæs merefixa mód onhréred, Beo. Th. 1102; B. 549
mere-grot
A pebble ⬩ stone of the sea ⬩ a 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
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
A sea-garment ⬩ a sail
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A sea-garment, a sail Merehrægla sum, segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3815; B. 1905
mere-hús
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