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mersc-hófe

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mersc-hop

(n.)
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mersc-hop, es; n.
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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

(adj.)
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meaht-full, adj.
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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

(v.)
Grammar
melcan, p. mealc, pl. mulcon; pp. molcen

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

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

A fish-pondpiscīnavīvārium

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A fish-pond; piscīna, vīvārium, Som. Ben. Lye

hran-mere

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

the sea

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The whale-mere, the sea Hronmere, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 19; Met. 5, 10

hring-mere

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

a bath

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A round pool, a bath, Exon. 124 b; Th. 478, 21; Ruin. 45

ís-mere

(n.)
Grammar
ís-mere, es ; m.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
mere-candel, e; f.

The sea-candlethe 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

(n.)
Grammar
mere-cist, e; f.

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

(n.)
Grammar
mere-deór, es; n.

A sea-beast

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A sea-beast,Beo. Th. 1120; B. 558

mere-fara

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

A sea-farer

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A sea-farer, Beo. Th. 1008; B. 502

mere-faroþ

(n.)
Grammar
mere-faroþ, es; m.

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

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

A sea-fish

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A sea-fish Wæs merefixa mód onhréred, Beo. Th. 1102; B. 549

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