Norþ-Mirce
The North-Mercians
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The North-Mercians Wið Norþ-Myrcum, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 37
seó-mint
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vel eviscus. Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 12
Súþ-Mirce
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The South Mercians Súþ-Myrcna ríce, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557. 36
þri-milce
The early name for the month of May
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The early name for the month of May Se fífta mónað is nemned on úre geðeóde Ðrymylce, for ðon swylc genihtsumnes wæs geó on Brytone and eác on Germania lande, of ðæm Ongla ðeód com on ðás Breotone, ðæt hí on ðæm mónðe þriwa on dæge mylcedon heora neát
ungesceád-micel
Excessively great
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Excessively great Ǽled wæs ungesceádmicel, Cd. Th. 231, 6; Dan. 243
un-micel
Not great ⬩ little
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Not great, little, Greg. Dial. 2, 15
un-milde
Ungentle ⬩ harsh ⬩ rude
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Ungentle, harsh, rude Gif hé is unmilde and oferhýdig si inmitis et superbus est, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 7
Linked entry: MILDE
for-micel
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Very great Is ðæt formicel scyld quanta sint mala, Past. 349, 17: Lch. iii. 436, 8. Þú miht witan ꝥ ꝥ gecynd is swíþe mice). Ýs ꝥ formicel gecynd ꝥ ..., Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 33. Hé áh þæs formycle þearfe ꝥ ..., Ll. Th. i. 372, 13
med-micel
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add: [The Latin to Guthl. 5 is: Adsumta hordeacei panis particula; the diminutive particula seems to show that medmicel refers to quantity, not to quality, which beren hláf suggests, cf. Bd. 5, 12, infra. ] add: with reference to quality, degree, &
midde-niht
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midnight Gif þunor cumeð on forantniht . . . Gif hé cymð on middeniht (midde niht ?) . . . Gif hé on dæg cumð, Archiv cxx. 47, 12-16. (?)
midde-winter
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Maria onféng God on hyre innoð, and hine bær oð middewintres mæssedæg and hine þá ácende, Hml. Th. i. 200, 28. On myddewintres mæssenyht, Lk. 2, I. rbc. In þǽre middewintres tíde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 14: 1016; P. 146, 22. Tó þám midewintre wæs se cyng
midne-dæg
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Se dæg wæs on þeóstre niht gecierred fram midnedæg (middum dæge, v. l. ) oþ nón, Shrn. 67, 18. On ǽrnemerigen, on undern, on midnedæg, and on ðǽre endlyftan tíde, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 9. Add
midne-sumor
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midsummer Ofer þone midnesumor (midne sumor (?), but cf. midne-dæg), Chr. 1006; P. 136, 12. (?)
mild-hleahter
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Dele, and read mid hleahtre in Ps. Spl. 34, 19. v. Ps. Cam. 34, 16
mixen-duncge
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Dung from a mixen Myxendincgan út drag-an, Angl. ix. 261, 9
níd-micel
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The full passage in Bl. H. is: Medmycel ǽrende wé þyder habbað, and ús is þearf ꝥ wé hit þéh gefyllon we have an unimportant errand thither, and we must however carry it out, 233, 11. The poem seems to support the idea contained in nédmicel, that of urgency
an-mitta
Similar entry: hand-mitta
cú-micge
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cow's urine Bete mid háttre cúmicgan, Lch. iii. 10, 20
wæl-mist
A mist that covers the bodies of the slain
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A mist that covers the bodies of the slain Hreám wæs on ýðum, wæter wǽpna ful, wælmist ástáh (the passage refers to the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea) Cd. Th. 206, 12; Exod. 450. Sum sceal on galgan rídan ... hé, blác on beáme, bídeþ wyrde