Bl_; Æ, CP. on lāst(e) _behind, after, in pursuit of_. on l. lecgan _to
follow_. lāstas lecgan _to go_: _gait, step_. [‘_last_’]
±lāst (ǣ, ē) n. _accomplishment, observance_, RB 5^5: _duty, due,
obligation, vow_.
+lāstful _helpful, serviceable_, _LL_; AO. [‘_lastfull_’]
lāstweard m. _successor, heir_: _pursuer_.
lāstword n. _fame after death_, #Seaf# 73.
lasur = laser [[headword spelled “lāser”]]
lat- v. læt-.
late adv. comp. lator, sup. latest ‘_late_,’ _Chr, Jul_: _slowly_,
_Lcd_: _at last_, AO. [læt]
latemest = lætemest II.
lātēow = lāttēow
±latian _to be slow, indolent_: _linger, delay, hesitate_, Æ.
lator, adv. comp., latost (æ), superl. _slower, later_, _A, Bo, MtR_;
AO, CP. [‘_latter_,’ ‘_last_’]
latt = lætt [[headword spelled “lǣtt”]]
lattēh f. _guiding rein_, WW 120^9. [lād]
lāttēow, lāttēowa (ǣ) m. _leader, guide, general_, _Bo, VPs_ (lad-); AO,
CP. [‘_lattew_’]
lāttēowdōm m. _leadership, guidance, instruction_, CP.
latung f. _delay, hindrance_, OEG 7^129.
lātðēow, lātuw = lāttēow
lāð I. (±) _hated, hateful, hostile, malignant, evil_, _AO, B_:
_loathsome, noxious, grievous, unpleasant_, _Ep_; CP. [‘_loath_’] II. n.
_pain, harm, injury, misfortune_, AO: _insult, annoyance, harmful
thing_, _BH, Lcd_; CP. [‘_loath_’; _Ger._ leid]
lāðbite m. _wound_, B 1122.
lāðe adv. _inimically, in detestation_.
lāðēow = lāttēow
lāðettan _to hate, loathe_: _make hurtful or repulsive_, Æ.
lāðgenīðla † m. _persecutor, foe_.
lāðgetēona † m. _enemy_.
lāðgewinna m. _enemy_, #Rd# 16^29.
laðian _to invite, summon, call upon, ask_, Æ, CP. [_Ger._ laden]
lāðian _to hate, be hated_, _AO_; Æ. [‘_loathe_’]
lāðlēas _inoffensive, innocent_.
lāðlic _‘loathly,’ hateful, horrible, repulsive, unpleasant_, _BH_; Æ.
adv. -līce.
lāðscipe m. _misfortune_, #Gen# 2048.
lāðsearu n? _hateful, contrivance_, #Da# 436.
lāðsīð m. _painful journey, death_, #Ex# 44.
lāðspel n. _sad tidings_, AO.
lāððēow = lāttēow
±laðung f. _calling, invitation_, CP: _assembly, congregation, church_,
Æ. [‘_lathing_’]
lāðwende † _hateful, hostile, bad_.
lāðwendemōd _hostile minded_, #Gen# 448.
lāðweorc n. _evil deed_, #PPs# 105^26.
laur m. _laurel, bay, laver_, #Lcd#.
laurbēam (lawer-) m. _laurel_.
laurberige f. _laurel-berry_, #Lcd#.
laurice (_Cp_) = lāwerce
laurtrēow n. _laurel-tree_, #Lcd#.
lauwer, lawer = laur
lāwerce (ǣ) f. ‘_lark_,’ _WW_; Mdf.
lēa I. (#VPs#) = lēo. II. gdas. of lēah.
lēac I. (ǣ, ē, ēo) n. _‘leek,’ onion, garlic garden-herb_, _Lcd_; Æ. II.
pret. 3 sg. of lūcan.
lēac- = lēah-
lēacblæd n. _leek leaf_, NC 305.
lēaccærse (e^2) f., _cress, nasturtium_, #Lcd#.
leac-trog, -troc, -tric = leahtroc
lēactūn (lēah-, lēh-) m. _kitchen-garden, garden of herbs_, _LkL, WW_.
[‘_leighton_’]
lēactūnweard (ē^1) m. _gardener_, _WW_ 127^14. [‘_leightonward_’]
lēacweard (e^1, o^2) m. _gardener_.
lēad (ē) n. ‘_lead_,’ _BH_; Æ, CP: _leaden vessel, cauldron_, _A_ 9·264.
lēaden (ē) ‘_leaden_,’ _Æ, LL_.
lēadgedelf n. _lead-mine_, KC 3·401^7.
lēadgeota (o) m. _plumber_, LL 455[16].
lēadgewiht n. _lead-weight, a scale of weight_, v. CC 77.
lēadstæf m. _loaded stick for beating with_, WW 441^20.
lēaf (ī) I. (±) f. _‘leave,’ permission, privilege_, _BH, Chr_; Æ, CP.
II. n. _‘leaf,’ shoot_, pl. _foliage_, _MtL_ (ēo), _VPs_; Æ: _sheet of
paper_, _BH_.
±lēafa m. _belief, faith_, _Æ, Mt_; AO. [‘_leve_’; _Ger._ glaube]
±lēafe (ǣ) f. _leave, permission, licence_, Æ.
±lēafful _believing_, _JnR_: _faithful, trustworthy_, _MtL_.
[‘_leafful_’] adv. -līce.
+lēaffulnes f. _faith, trust, faithfulness_, Æ.
lēafhelmig _leafy at the top_, GPH 390.
±lēafhlystend (e) m. _believing listener, catechumen_, OEG.
+lēaflēas _unbelieving_, Æ.
+lēaflēasnes f. _unbelief_, W 294^2.
+lēaf-lēast, -lȳst f. _unbelief_, Æ.
lēafleoht _light, easy_, RB 5^19.
+lēaflic _credible, faithful_, Æ. adv. -līce.
lēafnes (ē, ȳ) f. _leave, permission_, BH.
+lēafnesword n. _password_, B 245.
lēafscead n. _leafy shade_, #Ph# 205.
+lēafsum _believing, faithful_: _credible_.
lēafwyrm (i^2) m. _caterpillar_, #ASPs# 77^51.
lēag I. (ē) f. _‘lye,’ alkalized water_, _Ep, Lcd_. II. = lēah I. III.
pret. 3 sg. of lēogan.
lēagung f. _lying_, #Nar# 2^21. [lēogan]
lēah I. lēage (#Chr#) m. _piece of ground_, _‘lea,’ meadow_, _BC_; Mdf.
II. = lēag I. and III.
leahte pret. 3 sg. of leccan.
leahter == leahtor
leahtor (e^1) m. _vice, sin, offence, crime, fault_, Æ, CP: _reproach_:
_disease, injury_, #Lcd#.
leahtorbēre _laughable, causing laughter_, RB 18^8. [hleahtor]
leahtorcwide m. _opprobrious speech_, #Jul# 199.
leahtorful (e^1, e^2) _vicious, seductive_.
leahtorlēas _faultless, blameless_.
leahtorlīce _foully, wickedly_, Æ.
-leahtorwyrðe v. un-l.
leahtras nap. of leahtor.
leahtrian (e) _to accuse, revile, reprove, blame_, _Æ_; AO, CP:
_corrupt_. [‘_lehtrie_’]
leah-troc, -tric, -trog m. _lettuce_. [_L._ lactuca]
lēahtrung (ē) f. _blaming, detraction_, WW 150^1.
lēahtūn = lēactūn
lēan I. n. _reward, gift, loan, compensation, remuneration,
retribution_, _B, Mt_; Æ. [‘_lean_’; _Ger._ lohn] II. sv^6 (pret. 3 sg.
lōg, lōh) and wv. _to blame, censure, reproach_, AO, CP.
lēangyfa m. _rewarder_, #Lcd# 3·436^23.
±lēanian (ǣ) _to reward, recompense, repay, requite_, Æ, CP. [_Ger._
lohnen]
lēap m. _basket_, _W_: _basket for catching or keeping fish_, _WW_:
_measure_: _trunk (body)_, #Jud# 111. [‘_leap_’]
lēas I. adj. (w. g.) _without, free from, devoid of, bereft of_: (±)
_false, faithless_: _untruthful, deceitful_, _WW_; Æ: _vain, worthless_.
II. n. _falsehood, lying_, _Bo_; CP. [‘_lease_’]
lēasbrēd (-bregd) I. _lying, false, deceitful_, Æ. II. m. _cheating,
trickery_.
lēasbrēda m. _trickster_, ES 43·306.
lēasbrēdende _wily, deceitful_, #ÆGr# 286^6.
lēasbrēdnes f. _deception, falsehood_.
lēasbregd == lēasbrēd
lēascræft m. _false art_, Æ.
lēasere m. _liar, hypocrite_, _MtL_: _buffoon, mime, jester, fool_.
[‘_leaser_’]
lēasest (_MtL_) = lǣst I.
lēasettan _to pretend_, Æ, RB.
lēas-ferhð, -fyrhð, _false_, NC 305.
lēasferðnes f. _levity, folly_, CP.
lēasfyrhte = lēasferhð
lēasgewitnes f. _false witness_, Æ.
lēasgielp m. _vainglory_, CP.
lēasian _to lie_, _Ps_. [‘_lease_’]
lēaslic _false, deceitful, sham, empty_, Æ, CP. adv. -līce, Æ, CP.
lēaslīccettan _to dissemble_, WW 388^33.
lēaslīcettung f. _dissimulation_.
lēasmōdnes f. _instability_, CP 308^6.
lēasnes f. _lying_: _levity_, BH 322^23.
lēasōleccan _to blandish, flatter_, GD 34^27.
lēasōlecung f. _empty blandishment_, WW 430^21.
lēassagol (u^3) _lying, false_, Æ.
lēasscēawere m. _spy_, B 253.
lēasspell n. _lie, fiction, fable_.
lēasspellung f. _empty talk_, AO.
lēassponung f. _allurement_, WW 452^3.
lēast = lāst
lēast- = læst-
lēastyhtan _to cajole_, WW 431^4.
lēastyhtung f. _cajolery_, WW 430^21.
lēasuht (= wiht?) _enticer, seducer_, OEG 4014
lēasung f. _‘leasing,’ lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy,
artifice_, _JnL_: _a lie_, _Ps_: _empty talk, frivolity_.
lēasungspell n. _idle tale_, AO 40^8.
lēat pret. 3 sg. of lūtan.
leatian = latian
+leaðian = +laðian
lēaðor n. _soap, soda_, _Lcd, WW_. [‘_lather_’]
lēaðorwyrt (lēoðo-) f. _soap-wort_? #Lcd# 16a.
lēawede = lǣwede
lēawfinger m. _index-finger, forefinger_, #PPs# 72^11.
leax m. _salmon_, _Cp_ (æ), _Met, WW_ (e); ÆL. [‘_lax_’]
leb- = lef-, læf-
lec = hlec
+lec pret. 3 sg. of +lacan.
lēc I. m. _look, regard_, Æ; A 11·118^50. II. = lēac I. and II.
+lecc- = +læcc-
leccan pret. 3 sg. leahte, le(o)hte _to water, irrigate, wet, moisten,
slake_, CP. [cp. _Ger._ lechzen]
leccing f. _irrigation, watering_, _WW (KGl)_. [‘_leaching_’]
lēce == lǣce
lēcetere (#KGl# 65^29) = līcettere
±lecgan _to ‘lay,’ put, place, deposit, set_, _Æ, Gen, Lcd, MtL, Rd_;
CP. l. on (w. d.) _put upon, charge with_, _Chr, Gu_; CP: _bury_, Jn:
_put before, submit_, _Æ_: _betake oneself, go_. lāstas l. _go,
journey_. on lāst l. _follow_: _lay (egg)_, _Lcd_: _prostrate, cast
down, lay low, kill_, _Bo, Lk, LL_. [causative of licgan]
lēciwyrt (Cp) = lǣcewyrt
lēcnian (NG) = lācnian
lectric = leahtroc
lēctūn- = lēahtūn-
lecða m. ‘_sentina_,’ #Gl#, WW.
lēd = lēad
lēdan = lǣdan
lēde = legde, pret. 3 sg. of lecgan.
lēden == lǣden, lēaden
lēf I. (ī) _feeble, infirm, weak, injured_. II. = lēaf
lēf- = lēaf-
lēfan = (1) līefan; (2) lǣfan
+lēfed _weak, sickly, aged_.
lefel, lefil = læfel
+lēfenscipe m. _justification_, JnL 15^22.
lēfmon m. _sick person_, #GnE# 45.
left (K; ?= lyft*) ‘_inanis_,’ QF 1^443.
lēft (#SPs#) = lēst, lǣst
lēfung f. _paralysis_, ÆH 2·486^18.
leg (= læg) pret. 3 sg. of licgan.
lēg = (1) līeg; (2) lēah
lēg- = līg-, lēog-
lēga (A) = lǣwa
legde pret. 3 sg. of lecgan.
+lege f? _lair, bed_, Mdf.
lēgelēoht n. _light (of flame)_, MFH 168.
legen pp. of licgan.
leger n. _lying, illness_, _AO, B_; Æ: _‘lair,’ couch, bed_, _Wif_:
_grave_, _LL_; Æ. clǣne legere _consecrated grave_. on līfe ge on legere
_in life and in death_, LL. [licgan]
legerbǣre _sick, ill_, TC 611^20.
legerbedd n. _bed, sick bed_, Æ: _bed of death, grave_.
+legered _confined to bed_, Æ.
legerfæst _sick, ill_, RB 64^7.
+legergield n. ‘_lupercalia_,’ WW 437^14.
legerstōw f. _burial place_, Æ.
legertēam m. _cohabitation, marriage_.
legerwīte fm. _fine for unlawful cohabitation_, _LL_. [‘_lairwite_’]
lēges = lēages gs. of lēah.
legeð pres. 3 sg. of lecgan.
legie f. _legion_, AO. [_L._]
-legu v. ealdor-l.
leh- = leah-
lēh = lēah
lēh- = lēac-
lēhnan = lȳgnian [[headword spelled “lygnian”]]
lēht == lēoht
lehtan = lihtan [[headword spelled “līhtan”]]
lehte pret. 3 sg. of leccan.
lehtor = leahtor
lēl (#KGl#) = lǣl
leloðre f. _silverweed_? #Gl#.
lemb = lamb
lēmen (#KGl# 82^40) = lǣmen
±lemian (æ) _to subdue_, CP 303^11: _lame, disable_, B 905.
lempedu f. _lamprey_, _WW_ 438^17. [‘_limpet_’; lampreda]
lemphealt _limping_, _Gl, WW_. [‘_limphalt_’]
lēnan (#KGl#) = lǣnan
lencten (æ) I. m. _springtime_, _A, Lcd_; Æ: _the fast of Lent_, W. II.
adj. _pertaining to Lent_, _A, RB_ (æ). [‘_lenten_’]
lenctenādl f. _spring fever, tertian ague_.
lenctenbere m. _Lent barley_, ANS 84^326.
lenctenbryce m. _breach of the Lenten fast_, LL 344[47].
lenctendæg m. _day of Lent_.
lenctenerðe f. _land ploughed in spring_, WW 105^7. [eorðe]
lenctenfæsten n. _Lent_, Æ.
lenctenhǣto f. _heat of spring_, AO 102^6?
lenctenlic _of spring, vernal_, Æ: _lenten_, Æ.
lenctenlifen f. _Lenten fare_, NC 306.
lenctensufel (længt-) n. _Lent food_, LL 450[9].
lenctentīd f. _spring, Lent_, Æ.
lenctentīma m. _spring_, OEG 3837.
lenctenwuce f. _a week in Lent_.
lenctin- = lencten-
+lend I. _furnished with land (by the lord)_, LL 448´. II. = +lynd
+lenda m. _one rich in land_, OEG 3154.
lendan _to land, arrive_, _Chr_; Æ, AO, CP: (+) _endow with land_, Æ.
[‘_lend_’; land]
lende- = lenden-
lendenbān n. _loin-bone_, _WW_ 159^13. [‘_lendbone_’]
lenden-brǣde, -brēde f. _loin_.
lendensīd _reaching to the loins_, NC 306.
lendenu (æ) np. _loins, reins_, _Mt, WW_; Æ. [‘_lend_’; _Ger._ lenden]
lendenwyrc m. _a disease of the kidneys_, WW 113^12. [wærc]
-lendisc v. dūn-, ūp-, ūre-, ūt-l.
lēne = lǣne
leng I. (æ) f. _length, height_, Æ. II. adv. (comp. of lange) _longer_,
_Æ, Lk_. [‘_leng_’]
±lengan _to lengthen, prolong, protract, delay_, _Da_: _extend, reach,
attain_: _belong_. [‘_leng_’]
lengcten- = lencten-
lenge (æ) I. adj. (±) _belonging, related_: _near (of time)_, B 83. II.
v. lange.
+lenge _belonging to, related to_, Æ: _addicted to_.
lengest (_Chr, Mk_) superl. of lang, lange. [‘_lengest_’]
lengfære _more durable_, ANS 119·435.
lengian (impers. w. a.) _to long for, ask for_, #Sol# 270 (GK).
lenglīfra comp. of langlīfe.
lengo = lengu
lengra (_BH_) comp. of lang. [‘_lenger_’]
lengten == lencten
lengtogra comp. adj. _drawn out farther, more prolix_, #Sc# 161^18.
lengðu f. ‘_length_,’ _AO_ 144^1.
lengu f. _length_, _Bo, BH_: _height_, _Sol_. [‘_lengh_’]
lent f. _lentil_, #Gl#. [_L._ lentem]
lenten = lencten
lēo mf. gdas. lēon, also ds. lēone, lēonan, asf. lēo, and dp. lēonum
_‘lion,’ lioness_, _AO_, Æ. [_L._]
lēoc (WW 283^21) = lēac
lēod I. m. _man_, LL 14[25]: ‘wergeld’ _for manslaughter_, LL (=
lēodgeld): (+) _fellow-countryman, compatriot_: (†) _chief, prince,
king_, _B_. [‘_lede_’] II. f. (usu. in pl. lēode) _people, nation_, _B,
Bl_; Æ, AO. [‘_lede_’]
leoda = lida
lēoda I. = +lēod I. II. (LWS) = lēode
lēodan^2 _to spring up, grow_: _spring from_.
lēodbealu † n. _calamity to a people_.
lēodbisceop m. _suffragan bishop, provincial_, Æ.
lēodburg † f. _town_.
lēodbygen f. _sale of one’s compatriots, slave-traffic_, LL 20[11Ld]
(v. 2·133).
lēodcyning m. _king, ruler_, B 54.
lēode fp. _men, people, country_, _B, Lk_; AO (v. lēod).
lēoden = lȳden
lēodfruma † m. _prince, patriarch, chief_.
lēodgeard † m. _country_.
lēodgebyrga † m. _lord, protector, prince, king_.
lēodgeld n. ‘wergeld’ _for manslaughter_, LL.
lēodgeðincð f. _order, rank_, LL.
lēodgewinn n. _strife_, #Jul# 201.
lēodgota = lēadgeota
lēodgryre m. _general terror_, #Sol# 278.
lēodhata m. _persecutor, tyrant_, GD.
lēodhete † m. _popular hatred, hostility_.
lēodhryre † m. _fall of a prince_ (_or nation_?), B 2030, 2391.
lēodhwæt _very valiant_, #El# 11.
-lēodisc v. ðider-l.
lēodmǣg † m. _relative, comrade_.
lēodmægen † n. _might of the people, host power, virtue_.
lēodmearc † f. _domain, country_.
lēodrǣden f. _country, region_, GD 204^23.
lēodriht n. _law of the land_.
lēodrūne f. _pythoness, sorceress_.
lēodscearu f. _tribe, nation_, #Ex# 337.
lēodsceaða † m. _public enemy_.
lēodscipe m. _nation, people_, Æ: _country, region_.
lēodstefn m. _race, tribe_, #PPs# 82^7.
lēodðēaw m. _popular usage_.
lēodweard † f. _government_.
lēodweras † mp. _men, human beings_.
lēodwerod n. _host of people_, #Ex# 77.
lēodwita m. _wise man, elder, chief_, LL 456.
lēodwynn f. _home joy_, †Hy 4^89.
lēodwyrhta = lēoðwyrhta
lēof I. adj. _dear, valued, beloved, pleasant, agreeable_, _Æ, B, Chr,
CP_. II. m. _beloved one, friend_: (in addressing persons) _sir! sire!
Æ, EC_: _impure companion_, GPH 394. [‘_lief_’]
leofen = lifen
leofian (_Bl_) = libban
lēofian _to be or become dear_, #Gu# 110.
lēoflic _dear, lovable, pleasant, beautiful, delightful_, _B_:
_precious, valued_. adv. -līce _lovingly, kindly, gladly, willingly_,
_BH_. [‘_liefly_’]
lēofspell n. _good news_, #El# 1017.
lēof-tǣl, -tǣle _kind, lovable, loving, dear, grateful, agreeable_, CP.
lēofwende _kind, loving, gracious, acceptable, estimable, agreeable_.
lēofwendum _ardently_.
±lēogan^2 _to ‘lie,’_ _Bl, WW_: (w. d.) _deceive, belie, betray_, Æ, CP:
_be in error_, #ÆGr#.
lēogere (e^1, o^2) m. _‘liar,’ false witness_, _W, MtL_; Æ: _hypocrite_,
MkL 7^6.
lēoht (ē, ī) I. _‘light,’ not heavy_, _AO, BH, Rd_; CP: _slight, easy,
trifling, inconsiderable_, _CP, Mt, Lcd_: _quick, agile_, _Ph_:
_gentle_, _Wid_. II. n. _‘light,’ daylight_, _Æ, B, Bl, Chr, G, Ps, W_:
_power of vision_, _Bl_: _luminary_, _Lcd_. III. _luminous, bright_,
_‘light,’ clear, resplendent, beautiful_, _BH, Lcd, VPs_; AO, CP.
lēohtan = līhtan
lēohtbǣre _brilliant, luminous_.
lēohtbēamede _bright-shining_, ÆH 1·610.
lēohtberend m. _light-bearer, Lucifer_, Æ.
lēohtberende _light-bearing, luminous_, Æ.
lēohtbora m. _light-bearer_, LV 36.
lēohtbrǣdnes f. _levity, frivolity, wantonness_.
leohte = lehte, pret. 3 sg. of leccan.
lēohte I. adv. _lightly, easily, comfortably_, _BH_. [‘_light_’] II.
adv. _brightly, clearly, brilliantly_, _Bl, Cr_. [‘_light_’]
lēoht-fæt n. nap. -fatu _lantern, torch, lamp, light_, Æ, CP.
lēohtfætels m. _lamp_, #LPs# 17^29.
lēohtfruma † m. _source of light_.
lēoht-gesceot, -gescot n. _payment for providing lights in church_.
lēohtian I. _to be lightened, relieved_. II. _to become light, dawn_, CM
474: (†) _give light, illuminate_.
lēohting = līhting
lēohtīsern (ē^1, NG) n. _candlestick_.
lēohtlēas _devoid of light, dark_, _Æ_. [‘_lightless_’]
lēohtlic I. _light, of little weight or importance_, Æ, CP. adv. -līce
_lightly, slightly_, _BH, Lcd_: _inconsiderately_: _easily, quickly_:
_gently, softly, slowly_, _CP_; Æ. [‘_lightly_’] II. _bright, radiant_,
_Rd_.
leohtmōd _easy-going_, #GnE# 86.
leohtmōdnes f. _levity, inconstancy, frivolity_, CP.
lēohtsāwend _author of light_, GPH 389^2.
lēohtscēawigend _light-seeing_, WW 434^20.
lēohtsceot = lēohtgesceot
lēohtwyrhta = lēoðwyrhta
leolc pret. 3 sg. of lācan.
±lēoma m. _ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare_, _B_; Æ:
_lightning_.
±lēoman, lēomian? _to shine_, SkED. [[from first edition]]
+lēomod _having rays of light_, #Lcd# 3·272^4.
leomu nap. of lim.
lēon I. (sv^1) _to lend, grant_. [_Ger._ leihen] II. gdas. of lēo.
lēona mf. _lion, lioness_, Æ.
lēonesēað m. _lions’ den_, GD 150^9.
lēonflǣsc n. _lion’s flesh_, _Lcd_ 1·364. [v. ‘_lion_’]
lēonfōt m. _lion’s foot (plant)_.
lēonhwelp m. _lion’s cub_, WW 434^6.
±lēoran (wv., but rare pp. loren) _to go, depart, pass, vanish, die_
(A; v. JAW 44).
±lēorednes f. _departure, transmigration_: _death_, ÆL: _vision_.
lēorende, +lēorendlic _transitory_.
leornan = leornian
leornere m. _‘learner,’ disciple_, Æ, CP: _scholar_, _BH_: _reader_.
lēornes = lēorednes
±leornian _to ‘learn,’ read, study, think about_, _Æ, BH, MkR_; AO, CP.
leorningcild n., leorningcniht (Æ, CP) m. _student, disciple_.
leorningende _teachable_.
leorninghūs n. _school_, WW.
leornung f., ds. leornunga _‘learning,’ reading, study, meditation_,
CP; AO.
leornungcræft m. _learning_, #El# 380.
leornungmann m. _learner, disciple (used even of women)_, Æ.
leornungscōl f. _school_, GD 14^6.
leort pret. 3 sg. of lǣtan.
lēosca (ē) m. _groin_.
leoð = leoðu v. lið.
leoð- = lið-
lēoð n. _song, lay, poem_, _B, WW_; Æ, AO. [‘_leoth_’; _Ger._ lied]
lēoðcræft m. _poetic art or skill_: _poem, poetry_, Æ.
lēoðcræftig _skilled in song_, #Deor# 40.
lēoðcwide m. _lay, poem_, AO 120^2.
leoðe- = leoðu-
lēoðgidding f. _lay, song, poem_, #An# 1481.
lēoðian † _to sing, recite_: _sound forth, resound_.
lēoðlic _versified_, ÆH 2·134.
leoðo- = leoðu-
lēoðorūn f. _wise counsel given in song_, #El# 522.
lēoðowyrt = lēaðorwyrt?
lēoðrian = hlēoðrian
lēoðsang m. _song, poem, poetry_, BH.
leoðu I. f. _retinue, following_? #Rim# 14 (GK). II. v. lið.
leoðubend † mf. _chain, fetter, bond_.
leoðucǣge f. _limbs which served as a key_, #Cr# 334.
leoðucræft † m. _skill of hand_.
lēoðucræft = lēoðcræft
leoðucræftig _agile_, #Ph# 268.
leoðufæst _able, skilful_, #Cra# 95.
leoðulic _appertaining to the limbs, bodily_.
leoðusār n. _pain in the limbs_, WW 213^8.
leoðusyrce † f. _corslet_.
leoðuwāc (i) _with supple limbs, flexible, pliant_, _Cra_ 84.
[‘_leathwake_’]
leoðuwācian _to mitigate_.
leoðuwācunga (liðe-)? ‘_compeditorum_,’ #EPs# 78^11.
±leoðuwǣcan _to become pliant, be submissive, grow calm, soften_.
lēoðweorc n. _poetry_, WW 188^30.
lēoðwīse f. _verse, poetry_, Æ.
lēoðword n. _a word in a poem_, #An# 1490.
lēoðwrence m. _poem_, A 8·334.
lēoðwyrhta m. _poet_, #ÆGr#.
lēow (ǣu) n. _ham, thigh_.
-lēow (ē, ā) v. mund-l.
leowe f. _league (distance)_, WW 147^22.
lēower pl. of lēow.
lepewince = læpewince
leppan _to feed (a hawk)_, #Wy# 89 (v. ES 37·195).
lēran (#KGl#) = lǣran
lere (#KGl# 83^19) = lyre
lērēow- = lārēow-
lēs- = līes-
lesan^5 _to collect, pick, select, gather, glean_, Æ. [‘_lease_’; _Ger._
lesen]
lēsca = lēosca
-lesende, -lesendlic, -lesung v. ed-l.
lēst = lāst
lesu = lysu
lēsw- = lǣsw-
lēt I. pret. 3 sg. of lǣtan. II. = lǣt pres. 3 sg. of lǣdan. III. = lēat
pret. of lūtan.
lētan = lǣtan
lētanīa m. _litany_. [_L._ litania]
letig (#KGl#) = lytig
±lettan (æ) _to ‘let,’ hinder, delay, impede, oppress_, _Æ, Bo, Gu_
(w. g.), _W_; AO, CP.
lettend m. _hinderer_, ES 39·349.
letting (æ) f. _‘letting,’ hindrance, delay_, _RB_; CP.
lēð = lǣð
-leðer v. heals-, weald-l.
leðera = liðera [[under “liðere”]]
leðercodd m. _leather bag_, _WW_ 117^3. [v. ‘_leather_’]
leðeren = leðren
leðerhelm m. _leathern helmet_, WW 142^1.
leðerhose f. _leathern gaiter_, WW.
leðern = leðren
leðerwyrhta m. _leather-maker, tanner, currier_, #Gl#.
lēðr- = lȳðr-
leðren (i) ‘_leathern_,’ _WW_.
lēud = (1) lēod; (2) lǣwede
lēw f? _weakness_, W 165^9 (cp. lēf I.).
+lēwed _weak, ill_? Æ (#Ex# 22^10, cp. limlǣweo or ? read +lēfed.
lēwend = lǣwend
lēwer = lēower
lēwsa m. _weakness_: ‘_inops_,’ #EPs# 139^13 (hlēw-). [lēf I.]
lex = leax
lēxnian (WW 241^21) = lācnian
lib- = lif-
libb- = lyb-
libban (y) pret. 3 sg. lif(e)de _to ‘live,’ be, exist_, _Æ, B, BH, Lcd,
VPs_; AO, CP.
libr- = lifer-
līc n. _body_, _B, Cr_: _corpse_, _AO, B_; Æ, CP. [‘_lich_’; _Ger._
leiche]
+līc adj. (w. d.) _‘alike,’ similar, equal_, _Mt_; Æ, CP. +līcost
_double, twin_.
+līca, +līce wk. forms used as sb. _an equal_, Æ, CP. adv. ±līce (usu.
+; and +līc in NG), _Bl_. +līce and _like as if_.
līcam- = līcham-
līcbeorg f. _coffin, sarcophagus_, Cp 45#s#.
+līcbisnung f. _imitation_, DR 76^1.
līcburg f. _cemetery_, Cp 433#c#.
liccere, liccetere = līcettere
liccettan (Æ) = līcettan
liccian _to ‘lick,’_ _Æ, Ps_: _lap, lick up_, _Lcd_.
liccung f. _licking_, ÆH 1·330^22.
līcema = līchama
līcendlic == līciendlic
līcettan _to feign, pretend, dissimulate_, CP: _flatter_, BH.
līcettere m. _deceiver, hypocrite_, CP.
līcettung, līcetung f. _feigning, deceit, hypocrisy, flattery_.
līcewyrðe = līcwyrðe
līcfæt † n. _body_.
licgan^5 (±) _to ‘lie,’ be situated, be at rest, remain, be_, _Ph_; Æ,
AO, CP: (±) _lie down, lie low, yield, subside, lie prostrate, fail, lie
dead_, _Æ, AO, B, Chr, G_: _lead, extend to_, _Æ_; AO: _flow, go, run_,
AO: _belong to_. l. for _take the part of_, LL 152[3]. l. mid _cohabit
with_. wið licgendum fēo _for ready money_.
līchama m. _body, corpse_, _Bo, Mt_; Æ, CP. [‘_licham_’; _Ger._
leichnam]
līchamlēas _incorporeal_, Æ.
līchamlic (o^2) _corporeal, bodily, carnal, material_, _Bo, Lk_; Æ. adv.
-līce _bodily, personally, in the flesh_, _BH_; Æ. [‘_lichamly_’]
+līchamod _incarnate_.
-līchamung v. in-l. [[headword spelled “inlīchomung”]]
līchom- = līcham-
līchord † n. _interior of the body_.
līchrægel n. _winding-sheet_, MH 76^26.
līchryre m. _bodily decay, death_, #Gen# 1099.
līchryst = līcrest
līchwamlic = līchamlic
līcian (w. d. or impers.) _to please_, _Æ, Bl, Bo_; CP. [‘_like_’]
līciendlic _agreeable, pleasant_. adv. -līce.
+līclǣtan^7 _to liken, compare_, MkLR 4^30.
līclēoð n. _dirge_, OEG.
līclic _relating to the dead, funeral_, GPH 401.
+līclic _fitting, proper_. adv. -līce _equally_.
līcmann m. _bearer, pall-bearer_, Æ.
līcnes (±) f. _‘likeness’ (‘i-likeness’), figure, stature, image_, _Æ,
MtL_: (+) _parable_.
līcpytt m. _sepulchre, grave_, #ÆGr# 66^10? (or ? dīc, pytt).
līcrest f. _sepulchre, tomb_, Æ: _‘carrum,’ hearse_, ÆL 26^181.
līcs- = līx-
līcsang m. _dirge_, OEG.
līcsār † n. _wound_.
līcstōw f. _place of burial_, GD 340^35.
līcsyrce f. _corslet_, B 550.
līctūn m. _burial-ground_, Æ.
līcðēnung f. _obsequies, funeral_, Æ: _laying out (of corpse)_, ÆL
31^1429.
līcðēote f. _pore_, WW 159^13.
līcðrōwere m. _leper_, Æ.
līcðrūh f. _coffin_, GD.
līcum- = līcham-
±līcung f. _pleasure_, _CP_. [‘_liking_’]
līcwīglung f. _necromancy_, LL (248^3).
līcwund f. _wound_, #Ex# 239.
±līcwyrðe (e, eo, o, u) _pleasing, acceptable_, _Bo_; CP: _estimable,
praiseworthy_: _accepted, recognised, sterling_. [‘_likeworth_’]
līcwyrðlīce _pleasingly_, Æ.
līcwyrðnes f. _good pleasure_, #LPs# 88^18.
lid † n. _ship, vessel_. [līðan]
lida † m. _sailor_.
liden pp. of līðan.
līdeð pres. 3 sg. of lēodan.
lidmann † m. _seafarer, sailor, pirate_.
lidrin = leðren
lidweard m. _ship-master_, #An# 244.
lidwērig _weary of sea-voyages_, #An# 482.
līefan (ē, ī, ȳ) _to allow, grant, concede_, _Mt_ (ȳ), _CP_. [‘_leve_’;
lēaf]
±līefan (ē, ēo, ī, ȳ) tr. and intr. _to believe, trust, confide in_,
_Bl, MH_ (ȳ). [‘_leve_’]
+līefed (ȳ) _believing, faithful, pious_, Æ.
+līefedlic _permissible_, LL (436^30).
+līefedlīce _trustfully, credulously_, AO (ȳ).
+līefen _excused_, LkR 14^19 (ē).
+līefenscipe m. _justification_, JnLR 15^22.
līeffæstan = līffæstan
līeg (ǣ, ē, ī) mn. _fire, flame, lightning_, _B, Bl_ (ē); CP. [‘_leye_’]
līeget = līget
liegeð I. = legeð pres. 3 sg. of lecgan. II. pres. 3 sg. of licgan.
līeht- = lēoht-, līht-
līehð pres. 3 sg. of lēogan.
±līesan (ē, ȳ) _to loosen, release, deliver, liberate_, _Cr_ (ȳ), _LkR_
(ē). [‘_leese_’]
+līesednes (ȳ) f. _redemption_.
līesing I. (ī, ȳ) m. _freedman_, LL. II. f. _deliverance, release_, LkL
(ē). [‘_leesing_’]
+līesnes (ē, ī) f. _redemption_.
līeð- = līð-
līexan = līxan
līf I. n. _‘life,’ existence_, _Æ, B, Chr, JnL_: _lifetime_, _RB_. on
līfe, tō līfe, līfes _alive_, _BH_: _way of life (e.g. monastic)_, _BH,
Chr, Lk, W_; CP: _place where the life is according to fixed rules,
monastery_, #Chr#. II. = lēf. III. = lēaf I.
līf- = līef-
līfbrycgung f. _conversation, way of life_, DR 7^15.
līfbysig _struggling for life_, B 966.
līfcearu † f. _care about life_.
līfdæg m. nap. līfdagas (usu. in plur.) _‘life-day,’ lifetime_, _B, Cr_.
lifde, lifede pret. sg. of libban.
lifen f. _food, nourishment_. [[from first edition]]
lifer I. f. ‘_liver_,’ _Bo, WW_; Æ. II. f. _a weight_, WW 432^28. [_L._
libra?]
liferādl f. _liver complaint_, #Lcd#, WW.
liferbȳl m. _protuberance of the liver_, #Lcd# 76b.
liferhol n. _hollow in the liver_, #Lcd# 76b.
liferlæppa m. _lobe of the liver_, WW.
liferwærc m. _pain in the liver_, #Lcd# 60a.
liferwyrt n. _liverwort_, ANS 84·326.
lifesn = lyfesn
līffadung f. _regulation of life_.
līffæc n. _lifetime, life_, LL, W.
±līffæst _living, quickened, full of life, vigorous_: _settled_.
±līffæstan _to quicken, endow with life_, Æ.
+līffæstnian _to quicken_, #RPs# 142^11.
liffet- = lyffet-
līffrēa † m. _Lord of life, God_.
līffruma † m. _source of life (God)_.
lifgan = libban
līfgedāl n. _death_, GD.
līfgesceaft † f. _life’s conditions or record_.
līfgetwinnan mp. _twins_, #Sol# 141.
lifian † (A) = libban
lifiende (y) _that lives or has life_, _BH_: _when alive_, _BH, VPs_: as
sb. _the ‘living,’_ _VHy_.
līflād f. _course of life, conduct_, _RB_. [‘_livelihood_’]
līflǣst = līflēast
līflēas _not endowed with life_, _‘lifeless,’ inanimate_, _Æ_: _dead_,
_Æ_.
līflēast f. _loss of life, annihilation, death_, Æ.
līflic _living_, _Æ_: _necessary to life, vital_, _Hex, DHy_. adv. -līce
_vitally, so as to impart life_, _Æ_. [‘_lively_’]
līflyre m. _loss of life_, LL 466[2].
līfneru f. _food, sustenance_, #An# 1091.
lifre gs. of lifer I.
lifre- = lifer-
lifrig _clotted_? A 30·132.
lift = lyft
līfweard m. _guardian of life_, #El# 1036.
līfweg m. _way of life, way in life_.
līfwela † m. _riches_.
līfwelle _living (of water)_, JnL 4^10.
līfwraðu † f. _protection of life_.
līfwynn † f. _enjoyment of life_.
līg (Æ) = līeg
lig- = lyg-
līgbǣre, līgberend _flaming_, #Gl#.
līgbryne † m. _burning, fire_.
līgbysig (ē) _busy with fire_, #Rd# 31^1.
līgcwalu f. _fiery torment_, #El# 296.
līgdraca (ē) † m. _fiery dragon_.
līgegesa m. _flaming terror_, B 2780.
līgen (ē) _flaming, fiery_, Æ.
ligenword = lygeword
+lig-er, -ere n., -ernes f. _concubinage, fornication, adultery_, AO.
līget nm., līgetu (ē) f. _lightning, flash of lightning_, _BH, Bl, Mt_;
Æ, AO. [‘_lait_’; līeg]
līgetræsc m. _lightning, flash of light, coruscation_, Lk 10^18. [līget]
līgetsleht (ē^1, æ^3) f. _lightning-stroke, thunder-bolt_.
līgetung f. _lightning_, EHy 6^41.
ligeð pres. 3 sg. of licgan.
līg-fǣmende, -fāmblāwende _vomiting fire_, BH 432^7.
līgfȳr n. _fire_, #Ex# 77.
ligge = līege ds. of līeg.
līgit = līget
līglic (ē) _fiery_, #Guth# 131^196.
līg-locc, -locced _having flaming locks_, WW.
līgnian = lȳgnian [[headword spelled “lygnian”]]
līgræsc (ē^1, e^2) = līgetræsc
līg-ræscetung, -ræscung (ȳ^1) f. _lightning_.
līgspīwel _vomiting flame_.
ligð pres. 3 sg. of licgan.
līg-ðracu † f. gds. -ðræce _fiery onset, violence of flames_.
līgȳð f. _wave of fire_, B 2672.
līh imperat. sg. of lēon.
līht == lēoht
līhtan (ē, ēo, ȳ) I. (±) _to make _‘light_,’ easy, relieve, alleviate_,
_CP, Lcd, LL_: _dismount, ‘alight,’_ _BH_ (y). II. (ie, ȳ) _to lighten,
illuminate, give light, shine_, _Æ, Jn_ (ȳ): _grow light, dawn_, _Da_
(ȳ): ‘_light,’ kindle_.
līhting I. f. _relief, alleviation, release_, _LL_. [‘_lihting_’] II.
(ēo) f. _shining, illumination, light_, _Æ_: _dawn_: _lightning_.
[‘_lihting_’]
līhtingnes f. _lightness of taxation_, LL (306^21).
līhtnes f. _brightness_, _W_ 230^12. [‘_lightness_’]
līhð pres. 3 sg. of lēogan.
lilie f. ‘_lily_,’ _Bl, Lcd_; Æ. [_L._ lilium]
lim (y) n. nap. leomu _‘limb,’ member_, _Æ, BH, Bl_; AO, CP: _branch_,
_B_: _agent, offspring_? _Bl_, 33: _bone_? #CPs# 6^3.
līm m. _anything sticky_, _‘lime,’ mortar, cement, gluten_, _Ep, WW_.
+līman _to cement, join, stick together_.
limbstefning f. _hanging, curtain_, WW 191^32.
līmfīn f. _lime-heap_, BC 1·518^41.
limgelecg n. _shape_, WW.
limgesihð f. _body_, A 2·364.
limhāl _sound of limb_, #Gu# 661.
+līmian = +līman
līming f. _smearing, plastering_, _WW_. [‘_liming_’]
limlǣw f. _injury to the limbs, mutilation_, LL (278^26).
limlǣweo _maimed_, LL 132[10].
limlēas _without limbs_, Æ 2·270^22.
limmǣlum adv. _‘membratim,’ limb by limb_, _WW_. [‘_limbmeal_’]
limmlama _crippled_, W 4^12.
limnacod _stark naked_, #Gen# 1566.
+limp n. _occurrence_: _misfortune, accident_, CP.
±limpan^3 _to happen, occur_, _B, Bo, Chr, Met_; Æ, AO, CP: _belong to,
suit, befit_, _OET, Ct_: _concern_, CP. [‘_limp_,’ ‘_i-limp_’]
±limpful _fitting, convenient_, AS 2^1.
limplǣcan _to unite, connect_, OEG 80.
+limplic _fitting, suitable_, ÆL. adv. -līce (±).
+limplicnes f. _opportunity_.
limrǣden f. _cloak_? _form_? _disposition of the limbs_? v. OEG 2530.
limsēoc † _lame, paralytic_.
limwǣde n. _clothing_, #PPs# 103^2.
limwæstm m. _stature_, #Sat# 130.
limwērig _weary of limb_, #Rood# 63.
līn n. _flax, linen, cloth, napkin, towel_, _Gl, JnR, MtR_; CP.
[‘_line_’]
līnacer m. _flax field_, EC 239.
lind I. f. _lime-tree, linden_, _Gl_; Æ; Mdf: (†) _shield (of wood)_.
[‘_lind_’] II. = lynd
lindcroda ‡ m. _crash of shields, battle_.
linde _lime-tree, linden_.
linden _made of ‘linden’-wood_, _GnE_.
lindgecrod n. _shield-bearing troop_, #An# 1222.
lindgelāc n. _battle_, #Ap# 76.
lindgestealla † m. _shield-comrade, companion in war_.
lindhæbbende † m. _shield-bearer, warrior_.
lindplega † m. _shield-play, battle_.
lindrycg m. _ridge where limes grow_, KC 3·79^20.
lindwered n. _troop armed with shields_, #El# 142.
lindwiga m. _warrior_, B 2603.
lind-wīgend †, -wiggend † m. _shielded warrior_.
līne f. _line, cable, rope_, _Sol, WW_: _series, row_: _rule,
direction_.
līnece (WW 286^21) = līnete
līnen adj. _‘linen,’ made of flax_, _Ep_; Æ, CP.
līnenhrægl n. _linen cloth_, NG.
līnenwerd _dressed in linen_, LL (370^11).
līnete (-ece) f. _linnet_, WW 286^21.
līnet-wige, -wigle f. _linnet_, _Cp, Erf, WW_. [‘_lintwhite_’]
-ling suffix (1) for forming personal nouns (dēorling, rǣpling). (2) for
forming advbs. (hinderling).
līnhǣwen _flax-coloured_, #Lcd#.
līnland n. _land in flax_, KC 3·19^4.
līnlēag m. _flax ground_, EC 166.
linnan^3 (w. instr. or g.) _to cease from, desist, lose, yield up
(life)_, _B_. [‘_lin_’]
līnsǣd n. ‘_linseed_,’ _A_ (e^2), _Lcd_.
līnwǣd f. _linen cloth or garment_, NG.
līnwyrt f. _flax_, #Lcd#.
līo (WW 438^22) = lēo
lippa m., lippe? f. (LL 2·136) ‘_lip_,’ _Lcd, RB, WW_.
līra m. _any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg_, WW.
+lire = +ligere [[under “+liger”]]
līreht _fleshy_, #Lcd# 91a.
līs = liss
līs- = līes-
lisan (#Gl#) = lesan
+lise (e) nap. +leosu n. _reading, study_, BH.
+līsian _to slip, glide_, CP 437.
-lisnian, -listnian v. be-l.
liss (līðs) f. _grace, favour, love, kindness, mercy_, Æ: _joy, peace,
rest_, _Ph, W_: _remission, forgiveness_: _saving (of life)_. [‘_liss_’;
līðe]
līssian _to subdue_, #Sol# 294.
list mf. _art, cleverness, cunning, experience, skill, craft_, _Cr_.
[‘_list_’] listum _cunningly, skilfully_.
listan = lystan
līste f. _‘list,’ fringe, border_, _Ep_.
listelīce adv. _carefully_, #Lcd# 11a.
listhendig _skilful_, #Cra# 95.
listum v. list.
listwrenc m. _deception_, W 81; 128^9.
lisð pres. 3 sg. of lesan.
lit _colour, dye_, NC 306 (late).
līt = lȳt
lītan _to bend, incline_, #Met# 26^119.
lite- = lytig-
lītel = lȳtel
litig = lytig
litigere m. _dyer_, NC 306 (late).
lītl- = lȳtl-
litsmann = liðsmann
lið I. nm. nap. leoðu, liðu _limb, member_, _BH, Cr_; Æ, AO, CP:
_joint_, _Lcd_. [‘_lith_’] II. n. _fleet_. [_ON._ lið]
līð I. n. _cider, native wine, fermented drink_, CP: _beaker, cup_. II.
pres. 3 sg. of licgan. III. = līðe adj. IV. = līhð
līða m. _name of months June_ (ǣrra l.) _and July_ (æftera l.).
liðādl f. _gout_, #Lcd#, WW.
līðan^1 _to go, travel, sail_, _B, BH_. [‘_lithe_’]
līðe I. adj. _gentle, soft, calm, mild_, _ApT, B, Mt_; Æ, AO, CP:
_gracious, kind, agreeable, sweet_, _Bo, Gen_; Æ. [‘_lithe_’] II. adv.
_gently, softly_.
liðe- = leoðu-
liðebīge _flexible, yielding_, _Æ_. [‘_litheby_’]
liðebīgnes f. _flexibility of limbs_, #Guth# 90^21.
līðeg == līðig
līðelic _gentle, soft, mild_, CP. adv. -līce, _CP_. [‘_lithely_’]
+liðen (y) _having travelled much_. [līðan]
līðercian _to smooth down, flatter_, #Gl#.
liðere f., liðera m. _sling, slinging pouch_, _BH, Cp_; Æ. [‘_lither_’;
leðer]
liðeren = leðren
liðerlic _of a sling_, WW 247^4.
+liðewācian _to calm, appease, mitigate_, ÆL.
liðewǣcan = leoðuwǣcan
liðgeat = hlidgeat
līðian (_CP_; Æ) = līðigian
+liðian (eo) _to incline, accustom_, A 2·68.
līðig _lithe, flexible, bending, yielding_, _Æ, W_. [‘_lithy_’]
līðigian (±) _to soften, calm, assuage, appease_, _CP_; Æ: _be mild_.
[‘_lithe_’]
liðincel n. _little joint_, WW.
līðlic = līðelic
liðmann = lidmann
līðnes f. _mildness, softness, gentleness, kindness_, Æ, CP.
liðo- = leoðu-
liðre = liðere
līðre = lȳðre
liðrin = leðren
līðs = liss
liðsēaw n. _synovia_.
liðsmann m. _seafarer, pirate_, #Chr#.
liðu v. lið.
liðule m? _synovia_, #Lcd#. [lið, ele]
līðung f. _alleviation, relief_, #Lcd# 1·112^2.
līðwǣge n. _drinking-cup_, B 1982.
liðwærc m. _pain in the limbs_, #Lcd# 49b.
līðwyrde _mild of speech_, NC 348.
līðwyrt f. _dwarf elder_.
līxan _to shine, flash, glitter, gleam_.
līxende _splendidly_, LkL 16^19.
līxung f. _brilliance, brightness_, N.
-lō pl. -lōn v. mæst-, sceaft-l. [[“mæastlō” under “mæstlōn”]]
lob (#Gl#) = lof
lobbe f. _spider_, _LPs_. [‘_lob_’]
loc I. n. _‘lock’ bolt, bar_, _Æ, BH_; AO: _enclosure, fold, prison,
stronghold_, CP: _bargain, agreement, settlement, conclusion_. [lūcan]
II. = locc I.
lōc, lōca interj. _look, see, look you_. l. hū _however_. l. hwænne,
hwonne _whenever_. spel l. hwænne mann wille _a discourse for any
occasion you please_, Æ. l. hwǣr _wherever_. l. hwǣðer _whichever_.
l. hwā, l. hwæt, _whoever, whatever_. l. hwylc _whichever_.
loca m. _enclosure, stronghold_.
lōca-hū v. lōc interj.
locbore f. _one who wears long hair, free woman_, LL 7[73].
locc I. m. _‘lock’ of (hair)_, _hair, curl_, _Bl, CP, Ep_; Æ. II. =
loc I.
loccad ‘_crinitus_,’ OEG 56^13.
loccetan (MtL) ?= rocettan (JAW 77).
±loccian _to attract, entice, soothe_, CP.
locen I. pp. of lūcan. II. (#Sat# 300?) = loc
locer = locor
locfeax n. _hair_, WW 379^42.
locgewind n. _hair_, WW 199^7.
lōc-hū, -hwænne etc. v. lōc hū, lōc hwænne, etc.
lochyrdel m. _sheepfold_, LL 454[9].
lōcian (±) _to see, behold, look, gaze_, _Æ, Bl, CP, Mt_; AO: _observe,
notice, take heed_, _Bl_; Æ. l. tō _regard with favour_, _CP_: _belong,
pertain_, Æ.
locor _plane_, #Gl#.
locstān m. _keystone_, ÆL 23^345.
-lōcung v. ðurh-l.
loddere m. _beggar_, Æ; Mdf. [lȳðre]
+lodr f. _backbone, spine_, #Lcd# 65a.
lodrung f. _rubbish, nonsense_, WW 478^8.
+lodwyrt f. _silverweed_.
loerge (Ep) np. of lorg.
lof I. n. (m. _B_ 1536) _praise, glory, repute_, _Cp_; Æ, CP: _song of
praise, hymn_. [‘_lof_’] II. † n. _protection, help_.
lōf (OEG 5241) = glōf (?), v. ES 37·186.
lofbǣre _praising, giving praise_.
lofdǣd f. _praiseworthy deed_, B 24.
lofgeorn _eager for praise_, ÆL 16^302: _lavish_? RB 54^9; 55^3.
lofherung f. _praising_, #LPs# 55^12.
lofian _to praise, exalt_, _Gen, PPs_; CP: _appraise, value_. [‘_love_’]
loflāc n. _offering in honour of any one_, W 107^6.
loflǣcan _to praise_, #LPs# 118^175.
loflic _laudable_. adv. -līce _gloriously_.
lofmægen n. _praise_, #PPs# 105^2.
lofsang m. _song of praise, canticle, hymn, psalm_, _BH_; Æ: _lauds_.
[‘_lofsang_’]
lofsealm m. _the 148th Psalm_, RB 36^19.
lofsingende _singing hymns of praise_, OEG 4912.
lofsum _praiseworthy_, #Gen# 468.
lofte (on) adv. phr. _in the air, aloft_, _Hex, MLN_. [‘_loft_’]
lofung f. _praising, laudation_: _appraising_, Æ.
lōg pret. 3 sg. of lēan.
-loga v. āð-, trēow-, word-l. [leogan] [[headword spelled “lēogan”]]
lōges v. lōh.
logeðer = logðer
±lōgian _to lodge, place, put by_, Æ: _put in order, arrange_, Æ:
_discourse_, Æ: _divide, portion out_. +l. ūp _lay by, deposit_. +logod
sprǣc (_well_)-_ordered speech, style_.
logðer (o^2) _cunning, artful_, WW.
+logung f. _order_, CM 599.
lōh I. n., gs. lōges _place, stead_ (only in phr. on his lōh). II. pret.
3 sg. of lēan II.
lōhsceaft m. _bolt, bar_? AS 1^2.
loma = lama
±lōma m. _tool, utensil, article of furniture_, _BH_; #Gl#. [‘_loom_’]
lomb, lomber = lamb
±lōme (1) adj. _frequent_, ÆL 31^1019; (2) adv. _often, frequently_. oft
(and) +l. _constantly, diligently_.
+lōmed = +lēomod
lōmelic = lōmlic
±lōmlǣcan _to frequent_, Æ: _be frequent_.
+lōmlǣcende _frequent_, Æ: _frequentative_ (vb), #ÆGr# 213^7.
+lōmlǣcing f. _frequency, frequenting_, #ÆGr# 213^7.
+lōmlic _repeated_, AO, CP. adv. -līce _frequently_.
+lōmlīcian _to become frequent_, #Bl# 109^2.
+lōmlicnes f. _frequented place_? _frequency_? #CPs# 117^27.
lomp pret. 3 sg. of limpan.
lond == land
londādl f. _strangury_? #Lcd# 108a. [hland]
lone = lane
long == lang
Longbeard-an, -as sbmpl. _Lombards_, AO.
lonn = lann
lonu = lanu
loppe f. _flea_ (_spider_? _silkworm_?), _Bo, WW_. [‘_lop_’]
loppestre f. ‘_lobster_,’ _WW_; Æ: _locust_.
lopust, lopystre = loppestre
lor n. (only in phr. tō lore, tō lose) _loss, destruction_, _Bl_; CP.
[‘_lor_’]
-lora v. hlēow-l.
loren pp. (str.) of lēoran.
lorg, lorh fm. _pole, distaff, weaver’s beam_, #Gl#.
los = lor [‘_loss_’]
losewist = loswist [[under “losing”]]
losian (u) wv. (±) _to be lost, perish_, _Bo, CP_; Æ: (±) _escape, get
away_: ‘_lose_,’ _LkL_ 15^4: _destroy_, _LkL_ 7^27.
losigendlic _ready to perish_, Æ.
losing, loswist f. _perdition, loss, destruction_, NG.
lot n. _fraud, guile_, ÆL, CP.
loten pp. of lūtan.
lotwrenc m. _deception, deceit, cunning, artifice, trick_, Æ, AO, CP.
loða m. _upper garment, mantle, cloak_, CP.
lox m. _lynx_, BH, WW. [_Ger._ luchs]
luba-, lube- = lufe-
lūcan^2 I. (±) (tr.) _to lock, close, enclose, fasten, shut up_, _An_:
(intr.) _close up, form one mass_, _Ph_: _interlock, intertwine, twist,
wind_, CP: _conclude_. [‘_louk_’] II. _pluck out, pull up_, _Met_.
[‘_louk_’^2]
ludgæt n. _side-gate, postern gate_, #Gl#.
ludon pret. pl. of lēodan.
lufelic = luflic
lufen f. _hope_? (BT; GK), #Da# 73, B 2886.
lufestice f. _‘lovage’ (plant)_, _Lcd_. [_L._ levisticum]
lufestre f. _female lover_, OEG.
luffendlic = lufiendlic
±lufian _to ‘love,’ cherish, show love to_, _Æ, JnL, VPs_; CP: _fondle,
caress_: _approve, practise_.
lufiend m. _lover_, Æ.
lufiende _affectionate_, _ÆGr_. [‘_loving_’]
lufiendlic, lufigendlic _lovely, beautiful_, Æ: _lovable, amiable_, Æ.
luflic _amiable, loving_, _Lcd_: _lovable_, _Ps_. adv. -līce _lovingly,
kindly_, _CP_: _willingly, gladly_, _BH_. [‘_lovely_’]
lufrǣden f. _love_, _LPs_. [‘_lovered_’]
lufsum _loving, lovable, pleasant_, _Cr_. [‘_lovesome_’] adv. -līce
_graciously_.
lufsumnes f. _pleasantness, kindness_, #Gl#.
luftācen n. ‘_love-token_,’ _B_ 1863.
luf-tȳme (Æ), -tēme (RB) _pleasant, sweet, grateful, benevolent_.
luftȳmlic _embracing_, OEG 56^254.
lufu f. _love, strong liking, affection, favour_, _Æ, BH, Jn, VPs, WW_;
AO, CP: _love (of God)_, _JnR_: _amicable settlement_, _LL_ 392´.
lufwende _lovable, pleasant_.
lufwendlic _friendly_, #KGl# 73^34. adv. -līce _gently_, #KGl# 80^21.
lugon pret. pl. of lēogan.
luh n. _loch, pond_, NG; Mdf. [_Keltic_]
+lumpenlic _occasional_. [limpan]
lumpon pret. pl. of limpan.
luncian _to limp_? #LPs# 17^46. [cp. _Norw._ lunke?]
lundlaga m. _kidney_, Æ.
lungen f. ‘_lung_,’ _Lcd, WW_.
lungenādl f. _lung-disease_, #Lcd#.
lungensealf f. _lung-salve_, #Lcd# 141a.
lungenwyrt f. ‘_lung-wort_,’ _Lcd_.
-lunger v. cēas-l.
lungre † adv. _soon, forthwith, suddenly, quickly_.
lunnon pret. pl. of linnan.
lūpe f. _loop, leash_, #Gl#.
lūs f. nap. lȳs ‘_louse_,’ _Æ, Cp, Hex_.
lusian (GPH) = losian
lust I. m. _desire, appetite_, _Æ, BH, JnL_: _pleasure_, _Bo, Lk_ (pl.):
_sensuous appetite, lust_, _Jul, Lcd, WW_. II. adj. _willing_, W 246^10.
lustbǣre _desirable, pleasant, agreeable, cheerful, joyous_, Æ, AO:
_desirous_, ÆL 4^116.
lustbǣrlic _pleasant_, AO. adv. -līce.
lustbǣrnes f. _enjoyment, pleasure, desire_, CP.
lustful _wishful, desirous_, _AO_ 100^27. [‘_lustfull_’]
±lustfullian _to rejoice, enjoy_, Æ: _be pleasing to_, CP 70^24.
±lustfullīce _joyfully, gladly, heartily_, _Bl_. [‘_lustfully_’]
±lustfullung f. _desire, pleasure_, Æ.
±lustfulnes f. _desire, pleasure_, _BH_; CP. [‘_lustfulness_’]
lustgeornnes f. _concupiscence_, G.
lustgryn f. _snare of pleasure_, #Soul# 23.
lustlīce _willingly, gladly_, _Bl_; Æ, AO.
lustmoce f. _lady’s-smock (plant)_, #Lcd#.
lustsumlic _pleasant_. adv. -līce _willingly_.
lustum adv. _with pleasure, gladly_.
lūsðorn m. _spindle-tree_, EC 445^31.
±lūtan^2 _to bend, stoop, decline_, Æ, AO: +loten dæg _after part of
day_: _bow, make obeisance, fall down_, _Bl, VPs_: (+) _lay down_, MtL
8^20: _entreat_. [‘_lout_’]
±lūtian _to lie hid, hide, lurk_, _Æ, VHy_; AO, CP. [‘_lout_’^2]
lutter = hluttor [[under “hlūtor”]]
luttor = hlūtor
lūðer- = lȳðer-
lybb n. _drug_, _poison, charm_: _witchcraft_.
lybban = libban
lybbestre f. _sorceress_, WW 200^25.
lybcorn n. _a medicinal seed, wild saffron_? #Gl#.
lybcræft m. _skill in the use of drugs, magic, witchcraft_, #Bl#.
lybesn = lyfesn
lyblāc nm. _occult art, use of drugs for magic, witchcraft_.
lyblǣca m. _wizard, sorcerer_, #Gl#.
lybsin, lybsn = lyfesn
lȳc- = lǣc-, līc-
lycce = lyge II.
lȳcð pres. 3 sg. of lūcan.
lȳden (LWS) = lǣden
lȳf = līf
lȳf- = lēaf-, lēf-, līef-, līf-
lyfde, lyfede pret. 3 sg. of libban.
lyfesn (i) f. _charm, amulet, knot_.
lyffetere m. _flatterer_, Æ.
lyffet-tan, -tian _to flatter_, Æ.
lyffetung f. _adulation, flattery_, Æ.
lyfian = lifian, libban
lyft fmn. _air, sky, clouds, atmosphere_, _B, Lcd_; Æ, AO, CP. on lyfte
_on high, aloft_. [‘_lift_’; _Ger._ luft]
lyftādl f. _paralysis, palsy_, BH, #Lcd#.
lyftedor m. _clouds_, #Ex# 251.
lyften _of the air, aërial_, Æ.
lyftfæt n. _vessel in the air (moon)_, #Rd# 30^3.
lyftflēogend m. _flier in the air, bird_, #Sol# 289.
lyftfloga m. _flier in the air, dragon_, B 2315.
lyftgelāc † n. _flight through the air_.
lyftgeswenced _driven by the wind_, B 1913.
lyfthelm † m. _air, mist, cloud_.
lyftlācende † _sporting in the air, flying_.
lyftlic _aërial_, NC 314.
lyftsceaða m. _aërial robber (raven)_, #Wy# 39.
lyftwundor n. _aërial wonder_, #Ex# 90.
lyftwynn † f. _pleasure in flying_.
lyge I. (i) m. _‘lie,’ falsehood_, _BH, Sat_. II. _lying, false_ (A; =
*lygge, JAW 25). III. _‘sicalia,’ secale_? _corn_? _rye_? WW 301^2.
lygen (i) f. _lie, falsehood_.
lygenian = lygnian
lygesearu † n. _lying wile, trick_.
lygespell (i) n. _falsehood_, WW 449^2.
lygesynnig (i) _lying, false_, #El# 899.
lygetorn (i) _feigned anger or grief_, B 1943.
lygeword (i) † n. _lying word, lie_.
lygewyrhta (i) m. _liar_, #Leas#.
lygnes (i) f. _falseness_: _false things_.
±lygnian (i) _to give one the lie, convict of falsehood_, Æ.
+lygnod _perjured_, Æ (i).
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lȳht- = līht-
lyhð pres. 3 sg. of lēan.
lȳhð pres. 3 sg. of lēogan.
lym = lim
lȳman = lēoman
lymp- = limp-
±lynd (i) f. _fat, grease_.
+lyndu np. _joints of the spine_, WW 159^22.
lynibor n. _borer, gimlet_, WW 273^13.
lynis m. _axle, axletree, ‘linch’-pin_, _Ep, WW_.
lypenwyrhta m. _tanner_? v. JGPh 5·467.
lyre (e) m. _loss, destruction, damage, hurt_, _WW_; Æ. [‘_lure_’;
lēosan]
lyrewrenc m. _hurtful intrigue_, MFH 169.
-lyrtan v. be-l.
lȳs v. lūs.
lȳs- = līes-
lysferht = leasferhð [[headword spelled “lēasferhð”]]
lysnan = hlysnan
lysnere = hlysnere
lȳssa (#KGl#) = lǣssa
lyssen = lyswen
±lystan impers. w. a. (d.) of pers. and g. of thing or inf. _to please,
cause pleasure or desire, provoke longing_, _Æ, Bl, Bo_; AO, CP. +lysted
_desirous of_. [‘_list_’; lust]
lystere (OEG 4674) = ? lyftere, lyffetere
+lystfullīce = lustfullīce
lysu I. _base, false, evil_. II. n. _evil deed_.
lyswen I. _purulent, corrupt_, #Lcd#. II. n. _pus, matter_, #Lcd#.
lȳt adv., adj. and indecl. sb. _little, few_, _B, DD, Gen, Run_; Æ, AO.
lȳtan = lūtan
lyteg == lytig
lȳtel I. adj. _‘little,’ not large_, _Æ, AO, Lk, Met_: _short (distance,
time)_, _B_: _not much_, _Mt, Ps_. II. adv. _little, slightly_, _Ps_.
III. sb. _AO, Lcd, Ps_.
lȳtelhȳdig _pusillanimous_, #Cra# 10.
lytelic = lytiglic
lytelīce = lytiglīce
lȳtelmōd _pusillanimous_, CP.
lȳtelne = lȳtesne [[under “lȳtesnā”]]
lȳtelnes f. _smallness_, _ÆGr_ 228^14. [‘_littleness_’]
lȳtesnā, lȳtes(t)ne adv. _nearly, within a little, almost_.
lȳthwōn adv. and sb. (w. g.) _little, but little, very few_, Æ, CP.
lytig (e) _crafty, cunning_, AO.
lytigian _to feign, act crookedly_, #Ma# 86.
lytiglic (lytelic) _deceitful, crafty_. adv. -līce, CP.
lytignes f. _cunning_, CP.
±lȳtlian _to lessen, decrease, diminish_, _Bo, JnL_; CP: _shorten,
curtail, abrogate_: _fall out of use_, LL 267[37]. [‘_little_’]
lȳtling m. _little one, infant, child_, Æ, CP.
lȳtlum adv. (d. of lȳtel) _little by little, gradually_, _Æ_; CP.
[‘_litlum_’]
+lȳtlung (ī) f. _insufficiency, want_, #Sc# 57^1 (cp. EHy 5^12).
lyttl- = lȳtl-
lyttuccas mpl. _particles, small pieces_, GPH 400.
lyð = lið
lȳða = līða
+lyðen = +liðen
lȳðerful _evil, vile_, W 40^5.
lȳðerlic _bad, sordid, mean, vile_, AO. adv. -līce (ū^1).
lȳðernes (ū^1) f. _wickedness_, HL 18^8.
lȳðran (ē) _to anoint, smear, ‘lather,’_ _JnL_ (e), _Lcd_. [lēaðor]
lyðre = liðere
lȳðre I. (ē, ī) adj. _bad, wicked, base, mean, corrupt, wretched_, _Æ,
AO, Lk, WW_. [‘_lither_’] adv. _wretchedly, badly_, #Sat# 62. II. comp.
of līðe.
lȳðwyrt = līðwyrt
lȳxan = līxan
=M=
mā I. adv. [comp. of micle] _more, rather, longer, hereafter, further_,
_Æ, BH, Bo, Bl, CP, VPs_ (mǣ). ðe mā ðe _more than_. II. sb. (indecl.)
_more_, _Æ, An, BH, Bl_. III. adj. _more_, _Æ, Bl_. [‘_mo_’]
mabuldor = mapulder
maca = +mæcca
macalic _convenient_, MkR 6^21.
macian _to ‘make,’ form, construct, do_, _A, Æ_: _prepare, arrange,
cause_, _Æ, Gen, Mt_: _use_, _Æ_: _behave, fare_, _Æ, Bo_; CP. macian ūp
_to put up_, Æ.
mācræftig (= mægencr-) † _mighty_.
macung f. _making, doing_, #Chr# 1101.
+mād = +mǣd
mādm == māðm
mādmōd n. _foolishness_, #Mod# 25.
mǣ = mā
±mæc _well-suited, companionable_: _similar, equal_.
mæcan = mecgan, mengan
+mæcca (a, e) mf. _mate, equal, one of a pair, comrade, companion_,
_ÆGr_ (a), _MtR_ (e): (±) _husband, wife_, _Æ, Mt, OET_. [‘_match_’]
mǣcefisc = mēcefisc
mæcg † m. _man, disciple_: _son_.
mæcga m. _man_, Wy 52.
mæcian = mecgan, mengan
+mæclic _conjugal_, #Sc#.
+mæcnes f. _cohabitation_, BH.
+mæcscipe m. _cohabitation_, #Cr# 199.
mǣd (ē) f. ds. (EWS) mēda; nap. mǣd(w)a, mǣdwe _‘mead_,’ ‘_meadow,’
pasture_, _BC, OEG_; Æ, AO; Mdf.
+mǣd, +mǣded ‘_mad_,’ _Rd, WW_: _foolish_, _Cp_.
mæddre f. ‘_madder_,’ _Lcd_; Æ.
+mǣded = +mǣd
mǣden (Æ, AO, CP) == mægden
mǣdencild n. _female child, girl_, _AO_; Æ. [‘_maiden-child_’]
mǣdenhēap m. _band of virgins_, DD 289.
mǣdenlic _maidenly, virgin_, Æ.
mædere = mæddre
mæderecīð m. _sprig of madder_, #Lcd#.
+mædla m. _chatter_, #Lcd# 122b. [mæðel]
mǣdland m. _meadow-land_, KC.
mǣdmǣwect (= -wett) _mowing of a meadow_, LL 448[5,2].
mǣdrǣden f. _mowing, tract of mown grass_, KC 6·153^10.
mǣdsplott m. _plot of meadow-land_, KC 4·72^7.
mædwa m., mǣdwe f. = mǣd
mǣdweland = mǣdland
mæg I. pres. 3 sg. of magan. II. (#Sc# 4^19: 12^17) = mægen
+mǣg I. m. nap. māgas (v. LL 2·651) _male kinsman, parent, son, brother,
nephew, cousin_, _B, Ep_ (ē); Æ, AO, CP: [‘_may_’] II. † f. _female
relation, wife, woman, maiden_.
mǣgbana m. _destroyer of kinsfolk_, W 242^5.
mǣgbōt f. _compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered man_, LL.
mǣgburg f. _family, tribe, race, people, nation_: _genealogy_.
mǣgcild n. _young kinsman_.
mǣgcnafa m. _youthful kinsman_, BC 2·329´.
mǣgcūð _related_, OEG.
mǣgcwalm m. _murder of a relation_, Cp 179#p# (ē).
mægden (ǣd) n. _maiden, virgin_, _LL_; Æ: _girl_, _Mt_: _maid, servant_,
_Bl_.
mægden- see also mǣden-.
mægdenǣw f. _marriage with a virgin_.
mægdenhād m. _‘maidenhood,’ virginity_, _Cr_; CP.
mægdenmann m. _‘maid,’ virgin_, _AO_. [‘_maidenman_’]
mǣge = māge
mægen I. (e) n. _bodily strength, might_, _‘main’ force, power, vigour,
valour_, _B_; Æ, CP: _virtue, efficacy, efficiency_, _Lcd_: _picked men
of a nation, troop, army_, AO: _miracle_. [magan] II. subj. pl. of
magan.
mægenāgende _mighty_, B 2837.
mægenbyrðen † f. _huge burden_.
mægencorðor n. _strong troop_, #Gen# 1986.
mægencræft † m. _main force, great strength, might_.
mægencyning † m. _mighty king_.
mægendǣd f. _mighty deed_, #Cra# 12.
mægenēaca m. _succour_, #Az# 138.
mægenēacen † _mighty, vigorous_.
mægenearfeðe † n. _great misery or trial_.
mægenellen n. _mighty valour_, B 659.
mægenfæst _vigorous, strong, steadfast_, Æ.
mægenfolc n. _mighty company_, #Cr# 877.
mægenfultum m. _mighty help_, B 1455.
mægenhēap † m. _powerful band_.
mægenheard _very strong_, #Run# 5.
mægenian (gn-) _to gain strength_: (+) _establish, confirm_, BH 306^18.
mægenlēas _powerless, feeble, helpless_, _WW_; Æ. [‘_mainless_’] adv.
-līce.
mægenlēast f. _weakness, feebleness_, Æ: _inability_, RB.
mægenrǣs m. _mighty onslaught_, B 1519.
mægenrōf † _powerful_.
mægenscype m. _might, power_, #Da# 20.
mægenspēd f. _power, virtue_.
mægenstān m. _huge stone_, #Met# 5^16.
mægenstrang † _of great virtue or strength_.
mægen-strengo, -strengðu f. _main strength, great might_.
mægenðegen m. _mighty minister_, #Gu# 1099.
mægenðise f. _violence, force_, #Rd# 28^10.
mægenðrēat † m. _mighty host_.
mægenðrymm m. _power, might, greatness, glory_, Æ, CP: _heavenly host_:
(†) _Christ_: (†) _heaven_.
mægenðrymnes f. _great glory, majesty_, Æ.
mægenweorc † n. _mighty work_.
mægenwīsa m. _general_, #Ex# 553.
mægenwudu m. _strong spear_, B 236.
mægenwundor n. _striking wonder_, #Cr# 927.
mæger _meagre, lean_, #Lcd# 90b.
mægerian _to macerate, make lean_, WW. [_Ger._ magern]
mægester = magister
mægeð = mægð
mǣgeð = mǣgð
mǣggemōt n. _meeting of kinsmen_, AO 248^18.
mǣggewrit n. _genealogy, pedigree_.
mǣggieldan^3? _to contribute towards the fine for manslaughter by a
kinsman_, LL 122[74,2].
mǣghǣmed n. _incest_, BH 280^1.
mǣghand (mēg-, mēi-) f. _natural heir, relative_.
mægister = magister
mǣglagu f. _law as to relatives_, LL 266[25].
mǣglēas _without relatives_, LL.
mǣglic _belonging to a kinsman_, Æ.
mǣglufu f. _love_, #Jul# 70.
mǣgmorðor n. _murder of a relative_, #Gl#.
mǣgmyrðra m. _murderer of a relative, parricide_, OEG, GD 239^4.
mægn == mægen
mægnan = mengan
mægon = magon pres. pl. of magan.
mǣgracu f. _generation, genealogy_, Æ.
mǣgrǣden f. _relationship_, AO.
mǣgrǣs m. _attack on relatives_, W 164^4.
mǣgscīr [mēg-] f. _division of a people containing the kinsmen of a
particular family_ (BT), DR 193^10.
mǣgsibb f. _relationship_: _affection of relatives_.
mǣgsibbung f. _reconciliation, peace-making_, JGPh 1·63.
mǣgsiblic _related_, WW 375^17.
mǣgslaga m. _slayer of a relative, parricide, fratricide_, Æ.
mǣgsliht m. _murder of a relative_, W 130^2.
mægster = magister
mægð † I. f. gp. mægða, dp. mægðum, otherwise uninflected _maiden,
virgin, girl, woman, wife_. [_Goth._ magaðs] II. (±) f. _power,
greatness_.
mǣgð (ȳ) f. _family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race,
people_, Æ, AO: _province, country_, Æ.
mægða m. _mayweed_.
mægðblæd (geð) n. _pudendum muliebre_, GPH 400^8.
mægðbōt f. _fine for assault on an unmarried woman_? LL 7[74].
mægðe f. _mayweed_. [cp. mægða]
mægðhād m. _virginity, chastity, purity_, _MH_; Æ, CP: _band of young
persons_. [‘_maidhood_’]
mǣgðhād m. _relationship_, Æ.
mægðhādlic _maidenly_, OEG 1469.
mægðlagu = mæglagu [[headword spelled “mǣglagu”]]
mǣgðlēas _not of noble birth_, WW 219^8.
mægðmann m. _maiden, virgin_, LL 8[82].
mǣgðmorðor (ē^1) nm. _murder of kin_, OEG 2^412.
mǣgðmyrðra m. _murderer of kin_, OEG 2^335.
mǣgðrǣden f. _friendship_, OEG.
mǣgðsibb (y^2) f. _kindred_, #HGl# 523.
mǣgwine † m. _friendly relative, clansman_.
mǣgwlite (ā, ē) m. _aspect, appearance, species, form_.
mǣgwlitian [mēg-] _to fashion_, MtL 17^2.
mǣgwlitlice [mēg-] _figuratively_, MkL p4^10.
mæht == meaht, miht
mæhð = mægð
mǣl I. (ā, ē) n. _mark, sign, ornament_: _cross, crucifix_: _armour,
harness, sword_: _measure_, _Lcd_: (†) _time, point of time, occasion,
season_: _time for eating_, _‘meal,’ meals_, _CP_; Æ. II. f. (†) _talk,
conversation_: _contest, battle_. [mæðel] III. = māl
+mǣl _stained, dyed_, #An# 1333.
+mǣlan _to mark, stain_, #Jul# 591.
±mǣlan † _to speak, talk_, _Gen_. [‘_i-mele_’; mæðlan]
mǣlcearu f. _trouble of the time_, B 189.
mæld- = meld-
mǣldæg † m. _appointed time, day_.
mǣldropa m. _phlegm, saliva_, WW 240^9.
mǣldropiende _phlegmatic_, WW 161^33.
mǣle m. _cup, bowl, bucket_, _Ep_; #Lcd# (ē). [‘_meal_’]
mǣlgesceaft f. _fate_, B 2737.
mǣlsceafa (æ?) m. _canker, caterpillar_, _WW_. [‘_malshave_’]
mæltan (#VPs#) = meltan
mǣl-tang m., -tange f. _pair of compasses_, WW.
mǣl-tīd f., tīma m. _mealtime_, NC 348.
mæn = menn nap. of man.
mæn- = man-, men-
±mǣnan (ē) _to ‘mean,’ signify, intend_, _Æ, Bo, Sol_; CP: _mention,
relate, declare, communicate to, speak of_, _B_: _associate (something)
with_, AO: _complain of, lament, bewail, sorrow, grieve_, _Bo_; Æ,
AO, CP.
mǣne I. (±, usu. +) _common, general, universal_, _Mt, WW_; Æ, AO, CP.
[‘_i-mene_’] II. (+) n. _fellowship, intercourse_. III. _false, mean,
wicked_. [mān] IV. (+) _subdued, overpowered_. [= *+mægne, ES 43·308]
±mǣnelic (usu. +) _common, mutual, general, universal_, Æ. adv. -līce.
+mǣnelicnes f. ‘_generalitas_,’ OEG.
mænibrǣde _relating to many things_, WW 115^8.
mǣnlic = mǣnelic
+mǣnnes f. _community, fellowship, intercourse, union_, _Shr_: _land
held in common_, BC 1·597´. [v. ‘_i-mene_’]
+mǣnscipe m. _community, fellowship_: _union_, W 248^23.
±mǣnsumian _to participate in, have fellowship with_: _live with,
marry_: _partake of Eucharist_, Æ.
±mǣnsum-nes, -ung f. _fellowship, participation_, Æ.
mænu = menigu
mǣrāc f. _boundary-oak_, KC 3·379^29.
mǣran (ā) I. (±) _to declare, proclaim, celebrate, glorify, honour_. II.
(+) _to determine, fix limits_, #Wid# 42.
mǣrapeldre f. _apple-tree forming part of a boundary_, KC 3·390^5.
mǣrbrōc m. _boundary-brook_, KC.
mærc (1) == mearc; (2) = mearg
mǣrcnoll m. _boundary-knoll_, EC 445.
mǣrdīc f. _boundary-dyke_, KC.
mære = (1) mare; (2) mere I.
mǣre I. (ē) _famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid_, Æ, AO, CP.
[cp. _Ger._ märe, märchen] II. _pure, sterling (of money)_. [v. ‘_mere_’
adj.] III. (±, usu. +) _boundary, border_, _Mk, VPs_; Mdf.
[‘_mere_’ sb.]
mǣrelsrāp m. _ship’s rope, cable_, WW.
mæretorht = meretorht
mærgen = morgen
mærh (_Cp, Ep_) = mearg
mærh- = mearh-
[[Printed on one line:
mærh (_Cp, Ep_), mærh- = mearg, mearh-]]
mǣr-hege, -haga, -hege m. _boundary-hedge_, EC 447.
mǣrhlīsa m. _notoriety_, WW 382^10.
mǣrian _to be distinguished_, DHy.
mæringcwudu n. _mastic of sweet basil_? #Lcd# 131a.
+mǣrlacu f. _boundary stream_, EC 387.
mǣrlic (ȳ) _great, splendid, glorious, famous_, Æ, AO, CP. adv.
-līce, Æ.
mǣrnes f. _greatness, honour, fame_.
mǣrpul m. _boundary-pool_, EC 445.
mǣrpytt m. _pit that forms part of a boundary_ (BT), KC.
mærsc = mersc
mǣrsere (ē) m. _herald_, DR 56^17.
±mǣrsian (ē) I. _to make famous, celebrate, proclaim, declare,
announce_, Æ, CP: _celebrate_: _glorify, honour, exalt, praise_, Æ:
_spread (of fame)_: _enlarge_. II. _to mark out, bound, limit_.
mǣrstān m. _boundary stone_, _BC_. [‘_mere-stone_’]
mǣrsung (ē) f. _fame, report, renown_: _celebration, festival_, Æ:
_exalting, magnifying_: (±) _magnificence, celebrity_.
mǣrsungtīma m. _time of glorifying_, ÆH 2·360^25.
mærð = mearð
mǣrð f. _glory, repute, fame_: _famous exploit, glorious achievement_,
Æ, AO, CP.
mǣrðorn m. _boundary-hawthorn_, KC.
mǣrðu = mǣrð
mǣrðum (instr. of mǣrð) adv. _gloriously_.
mæru = mearu
+mǣrung? ‘_consummatio_,’ RHy 5^10.
mærw- = mearu-
±mǣrweg m. _boundary road_, Ct.
mǣrweorc m. _noble work_, #PPs# 110^4.
mǣrwyll m. _boundary stream_.
mæscre (ǣ?) f. _mesh_, WW 450^10.
mæsen _brazen_ (Earle); _of maple_ (BT), EC 250.
mæslere m. _sacristan_, GD.
mæsling, mæslen (_MkL_) = mæstling
mæssanhacele = mæssehacele
mæsse (e) f. ‘_mass_,’ _Eucharist, celebration of Eucharist_, _Æ, BH,
OET_; CP: _special mass day, festival of the church_. [_L._ missa]
mæsseǣfen m. _eve of a festival_.
mæsse-bōc f. nap. -bēc _‘mass-book,’ missal_, _LL_.
mæssecrēda m. _creed said at mass, Nicene creed_.
mæssedæg m. _‘mass-day,’ festival_, _Bl_.
mæssegierela m. _mass-vestment, surplice_, CP 87^19.
mæssehacele f. _mass-vestment, cope, chasuble_, LV 40, WW 327^22.
mæssehrægl n. _vestment, surplice_, CP.
mæsselāc n. _mass-offering, host_, WW.
mæsseniht f. _eve of a festival_.
mæsseprēost m. _‘mass-priest,’ clergyman, high priest_, _Æ, AO_; CP.
mæsseprēosthād m. _office or orders of a mass-priest_, BH.
mæsseprēostscīr f. _district for which a mass priest officiated_, LL.
mæsserbana m. _murderer of a priest_, W 165^28.
mæssere m. _priest who celebrates mass_, _Az_. [‘_masser_’]
mæsserēaf n. _mass-vestment_, Æ.
mæssesang m. _office of mass_.
mæssesteall m? _seat in a church choir_, v. NC 307^348.
mæssetīd f. _time of saying mass_, LL (140^20).
mæsseðegn m. _mass-priest_, LL 460[5].
mæsseðēnung f. _service of the mass, celebration of mass_, A 11·8.
mæsse-ūhta? m. or -ūhte? n. _hour, or service, of matins on a
feast-day_, NC 307.
mæssewīn (e) n. _wine used at mass_, WW.
mæssian (±) _to celebrate ‘mass,’_ _Æ_: (+) _attend mass_.
mæst I. m. (_ship’s_) _‘mast_,’ _B_; Æ, AO. II. m. ‘_mast,’ food of
swine, acorns, beechnuts_, _BC_.
mǣst (ā, ē) I. adj. (superl. of micel), _AO, Chr, Bo, Mt_. [‘_most_’]
II. adv. _mostly, for the most part, in the greatest degree, chiefly,
especially_. eal m., m. eal _almost, nearly_. m. ǣlc _nearly every one_,
Æ, AO, CP. III. n. _most_.
±mæstan _to feed with mast, fatten_, Æ, CP. [_Ger._ mästen]
mæstcyst f. _mast-socket_, WW.
mæstelberg m. _fattened hog_, MtL 6^7. [bearg]
mæsten m. _mast, pasture for swine_.
mæstenrǣden f. _right of feeding swine in mast-pastures_, KC 3·451^10.
mæstentrēow n. _tree yielding mast_, WW 137^23.
mæstland f. _land on which there is mast_, TC 140^2.
mǣstlicost adv. (superl.) _particularly_, CM 1169.
mæstling I. n. _brass_, _WW_: _brazen vessel_, _Mk_. [‘_maslin_’; _Ger._
messing] II. _fatling_, OEG 61^29.
mæstlingsmið m. _brass-worker_, WW 539^6.
mæstlōn sbpl. _pulleys at the lop of a mast_, WW 199^30.
mæstrǣden = mæstenrǣden
mæstrāp m. _mast-rope_, #Ex# 82.
mæsttwist m. _rope which supports a mast_, WW.
mæt I. pret. 3 sg. of metan. II. = mete m.
±mǣtan _to dream_ (impers.), _Æ_; (trans.) _Lcd_. [‘_mete_’]
mæte == mete
mǣte (ē) _mean, moderate, poor, inferior, small, bad_. [metan]
+mǣte _suitable as to size_, _RB_; ÆL. [‘_meet_’]
mætfæst- = metfæst-
+mǣtgan † _to lessen, limit_.
+mætgian (ÆL) = +metgian
mǣting f. _dream_, _Lcd_. [‘_meting_’]
mǣton pret. pl. of metan.
mǣð I. f. _measure, degree, proportion, rate_, _Æ_; AO: _honour,
respect, reverence_, _LL_: _what is meet, right, fitness, ability,
virtue, goodness_, Æ, CP: _condition, lot, state, rank_, Æ. [‘_methe_’]
II. n. _cutting of grass_, _BC_. [‘_math_’]
mǣð- = mǣgð-
±mǣðegian _to honour, respect, spare_, _W_; Æ. [‘_methe_’]
mæðel (e) n. _council, meeting, popular assembly_: (†) _speech,
interview_.
mæðelcwide † (e) m. _discourse_.
mæðelern † n. _council-house, prætorium_.
mæðelfrið (ðl) mn. _security (‘frið’) enjoyed by public assemblies_,
LL 3 [1], (v. 2·464).
mæðel-hēgende †, -hergende _holding conclave, deliberating_.
mæðelstede † (e) m. _place of assembly_: _battlefield_.
mæðelword (e) † n. _address, speech_.
mǣðere = mǣðre
mǣðful _humane_, _ÆGr_. [‘_metheful_’]
mǣðian = mǣðegian
mæðl = mæðel
mæðlan (_Cr_) = maðelian
mǣðlēas _immoderate, rapacious_, _Æ_. [‘_metheless_’]
mǣðlic _moderate, proportioned, befitting_, _ÆGr, TC_. adv. -līce
_humanely, courteously_. [‘_methely_’]
mǣðmēd f. _pay for haymaking_, LL 452´.
mǣðre m. _mower_, WW.
±mǣðrian _to honour_, LL.
mǣðung f. _measure, extent_, NC 307.
mǣw (ea, e) m. _‘mew,’ sea-gull_, _Cp, Shr_ (e).
mǣwpul (ā) m. _sea-gulls’ pool_, Ct.
māfealdra comp. of manigfeald.
maffian _to go astray_. maffiende _waxing, wanton_, NC 307.
mag- = mæg-
maga I. m. _‘maw,’ stomach_, _Cp, Lcd, WW_; Æ, CP. II. _powerful,
strong_.
māga I. † m. _son, descendant, young man, man_. II. gp. of mǣg.
magan swv. pres. 1, 3 sg. mæg; 2, meaht, miht; pl. magon; pret. 3 sg.
meahte _to be able, have permission or power (I ‘_may_,’ I can), to be
strong, competent, avail, prevail_, _Æ, B, Bo, G_, _etc._; CP. mæg wið
_avails against, cures_, #Lcd#.
māgas v. mǣg.
magaðe = mageðe
magdalatrēow n. _almond-tree_, WW 139^11. [_L._ amygdala]
mage f. (_WW_ 159^14) = maga
māge (ǣ) f. _female relative_, _B_; Æ. [‘_mowe_’]
māgeēct ptc. _augmented_, WW. [īecan]
mageðe (æ^1, o^2) f. _camomile, mayweed_, _Lcd, WW_. [‘_maythe_’]
magian _to prevail_, #ERPs# 12^5; NC 348.
magister (æ) m. _leader, chief, master, teacher_, _Æ, Bo_; AO, CP. [_L._
magister]
magisterdōm (mægster-) m. _office of a master or teacher_, #Sc# 120^9.
[‘_masterdom_’]
+māglic = +mālic
+magnian _to be restored to health_, GD 338^30.
mago † (magu) m. gs. maga, nap. mæcgas _male kinsman, son, descendant,
man_: _young man, servant_: _man, warrior_.
magodryht f. _band of warriors_, B 67.
magogeoguð f. _youth_, #Cr# 1429.
magorǣdend m. _counsellor of men_, #An# 1463.
magorǣswa † m. _chief, prince_.
magorinc † m. _youth, man, warrior_.
magotimber † n. _child, son_: _increase of family, progeny_.
magotūdor † n. _descendant, offspring_.
magoðe, magðe = mageðe
magoðegn † m. _vassal, retainer, warrior, man, servant, minister_.
magu = mago
māgwlite = mǣgwlite
±māh _bad, wanton, shameless, importunate_.
mahan = magon pres. pl. of magan.
+māhlic == +mālic
+māhnes f. _importunity, persistence_: _shamelessness_.
maht (#VPs#) = miht
māl I. n. _suit, cause, case, action, terms, agreement, covenanted pay_,
_Chr_. hē scylode ix scypa of māle _he paid nine ships out of
commission_, #Chr# 1049#c#. [‘_mail_’] II. n. _spot, mark, blemish_, Æ.
III. = mǣl n.
māldæg = mǣldæg
+mālic _importunate_: _wanton, shameless_: _wicked_. adv. -līce.
+mālicnes f. _importunity_: _wantonness, shamelessness_, CP.
malscrung f. _enchantment, charm_.
mālswyrd n. _sword with inlaid ornament_, TC 560^33. [mǣl]
malt (_Gl_) == mealt
malwe (_WW_) = mealwe
mamme f. _teat_, _GPH_ 401^77. [_L._ mamma]
mamor, mamra m. _lethargy, heavy sleep_, #Gl#.
māmrian _to think out, design_, #PPs# 63^5.
man I. pron. indef. _one, people, they_, _B, Mt_; Æ. [‘_man_’] II. =
mann. III. pres. 3 sg. of munan.
mān I. n. _evil deed, crime, wickedness, guilt, sin_, Æ: _false oath_,
ÆP 216^14. II. adj. _bad, criminal, false_, AO. [_ON._ mein]
+man (o) _having a mane_, WW 492^20.
man- = mann-
+māna m. _community, company_, Æ: _companionship, intercourse_, _BH_:
_cohabitation_. tō +mānan _in common_, CP. [‘_mone_’]
manað pres. 3 sg. of manian.
mānāð m. _false oath, perjury_, _LL_; HL. [‘_manath_’; _Ger._ meineid]
mānbealu n. _crime, cruelty_, #Da# 45.
manbōt (o^1) f. _fine paid to the lord of a man slain_, _LL_ (v. 2·576).
[‘_manbote_’]
mānbryne m. _fatal, destructive fire_, #Chr# 962#a#.
mancgere = mangere
manc-s, -cas, -cos, -cus m., gp. mancessa (CP) _a ‘mancus,’ thirty
silver pence, one-eighth of a pound_, _Æ, BC_.
mancwealm m. _mortality, pestilence, destruction_, _Chr_; AO.
[‘_manqualm_’]
mancwealmnes f. _manslaughter_, NG.
mancwyld (o) f. _mortality, pestilence_, BH 190^8.
mancynn n. _mankind_, _Æ, B, Bl_: _inhabitants, people, men_, CP.
[‘_mankin_’]
mancyst f. _human virtue_, MFH 169.
mand (o) f. _basket_, _Cp, MtL_ (o), _WW_. [‘_maund_’]
māndǣd f. _sin, crime_, Æ, AO, CP.
māndǣde _evil-doing, wicked_.
māndeorf _wicked_, LL (382^12).
mandrēam † m. _revelry, festivity_.
māndrinc m. _poison_, #Rd# 24^13.
mandryhten † m. _lord, master_.
maneg = manig
mānfǣhðu f. _wickedness_, #Gen# 1378.
manfaru f. _host, troop_, #Gu# 257.
mānfeld m. _field of crime_ (‘_campus sceleratus_’), AO 108^20.
mānfolm f. _evil-doer_, #PPs# 143^8.
mānfordǣdla m. _evil-doer_, B 563.
mānforwyrht † n. _evil deed, sin_.
mānfrēa † m. _lord of evil, Devil_.
mānfremmende † _sinning, vicious_.
mānful _wicked, evil, infamous, degraded_, Æ: _fearful, dire_.
mānfullic _infamous, evil, sinful_, Æ. adv. -līce, Æ.
mānfulnes f. _wickedness_, Æ.
manfultum m. _military force_, AO (o^1).
+mang I. n. _mixture, union_: _troop, crowd, multitude_: _congregation,
assembly_: _business_: _cohabitation_. in +m. _during_. on +m. _in the
midst of_. II. prep. (w. d. or a.) _among_, Æ.
māngenga m. _evil-doer_, BH 36^5.
māngenīðla m. _evil persecutor_, #An# 918.
+mangennes = +mangnes
mangere m. _trader, merchant, broker_, Æ.
māngewyrhta m. _sinner_, #PPs# 77^38.
±mangian _to trade_, Æ, CP.
+mang-nes, -ennes f. _mingling, mixture_, OEG.
mangung f. _trade, business_, Æ.
mangunghūs n. _house of merchandise_, Jn 2^16.
mānhūs n. _home of wickedness, hell_, #Ex# 535.
±manian (o) _to remind, admonish, warn, exhort, instigate_, Æ, CP:
_instruct, advise_, Æ: _claim, demand, ask_. [_Ger._ mahnen]
mānīdel † _vain and bad (words)_.
maniend m. _admonisher_, CP 400^13: _collector_.
manif- = manigf-
manig (æ^1, e^1, o^1, e^1) nap. manega _‘many,’ many a, much_, _Æ, AO,
B, BH_; CP.
manigean = manian
manigeo = menigu
manigfeald (æ, e, o^1) _manifold, various, complicated_, Æ, CP:
_numerous, abundant_: _plural_.
±manigfealdian _to multiply, abound, increase, extend_, _OEG_ (æ^1);
CP(a^3). [‘_manifold_’]
manigfealdlic _manifold_. adv. -līce _in various ways_, CP: (gram.) _in
the plural number_. [‘_manifoldly_’]
manigfealdnes f. _multiplicity, great number, abundance, complexity_,
_WW_. [‘_manifoldness_’]
manigsīðes (mani-) adv. _many times, often_, W 144^11.
manig-tēaw (æ^1), -tīwe, -tȳwe _skilful, dexterous_, Æ.
manigtēawnes (mænitȳw-) f. _skill, dexterity_, OEG.
manlēas _uninhabited_, _WW_ (o). [‘_manless_’]
mānlic _infamous, nefarious_, Æ.
manlīca m. _effigy, image, statue_.
manlīce adv. _manfully, nobly_, _B_. [‘_manly_’]
manlufu f. _love for men_, #Gu# 324.
manm- = mannm-
mann (o) m., nap. men(n) _person (male or fem.)_, _Æ, Bl, Lcd, Mt, VHy_;
AO, CP: _mankind_, _Mk, VPs_: _brave man, hero_: _vassal, servant_:
_name of the rune for =m=_.
mann-, see also man-.
manna I. m., _man_, Æ. II. n. _manna (food)_, Æ, CP. [_L._]
mannbǣre _producing men_, ÆH 1·450.
mannēaca (mon-) m. _issue, progeny_, AO 158^20.
mannian _to ‘man,’ garrison_, #Chr# 1087#e#.
mannmægen (o) n. _troop, force, cohort_, JnL 18^3.
mannmenigu (o) f. _multitude_, AO.
mannmyrring f. _destruction of men_, #Chr# 1096.
manrǣden f. _dependence, homage, service, tribute, due_, _Æ_.
[‘_manred_’]
manrīm † n. _number of men_.
mānsceatt m. _usury_, #PPs# 71^14.
mānsceaða † m. _enemy, sinner_.
mānscild f. _crime, fault, sin_, †Hy 8^23.
manscipe m. _humanity, courtesy_, _BC_. [‘_manship_’]
mānscyldig † _criminal, guilty_.
manslæht = manslieht
manslaga m. _man-slayer, murderer_, Æ.
mānslagu f. _cruel blow_, #An# 1218.
manslēan^6 _to kill, murder_, RB 16^18 (or ? two words).
manslege m. _manslaughter, homicide_.
manslieht (e^2, i^2) m. _manslaughter, murder_, _CP_. [‘_manslaught_’]
manslot _share in ownership of land_? _measure of land_? v. NC 307.
[_ON._ mannshlutr]
-mānsumian, -mānsumung v. ā-m.
manswǣs _meek_, #RPs# 24^9.
mānswara (o^2) m. _perjurer_.
mānswaru f. _perjury_. [swerian]
mānswerian^6 _to forswear, perjure oneself_, _LL_. [‘_manswear_’]
mānswica m. _deceiver, traitor_ (mann-? v. LL 2·142).
mansylen (i^2) f. _traffic in men, act of selling men as slaves_.
[sellan]
manðēaw † m. _habit, custom_ (? sometimes mānðēaw _sinful custom_).
manðēof m. _man-stealer_, v. LL 2·542.
manðwǣre (o) _gentle, kind, humane, mild, meek_, ÆL, CP. [_OHG._
mandwāri]
+manðwǣrian _to humanize_, CP 362^21.
manðwǣrnes (o) f. _gentleness, courtesy, weakness_, ÆL (ȳ^2), CP.
manu f. ‘_mane_,’ _Erf_ 1182.
manung f. _admonition_, CP: _claim_: _place of toll_: _district for
purposes of tribute or taxation_: _residents in a taxing district_.
mānwamm (o^2) m. _guilty stain_, #Cr# 1280.
mānweorc I. n. _crime, sin_. II. adj. _sinful_.
manweorod (o) m. _collection of men, troop, congregation, assembly_, AO.
manweorðung f. _adoration of human beings_, LL (248^3).
manwīse (o) † f. _manner or custom of men_.
mānword n. _wicked word_, #PPs# 58^12.
mānwrǣce _wicked_, WW 426^19.
mānwyrhta † m. _evil-doer, sinner_.
manwyrð n. _value or price of a man_, LL.
mapulder (o^2) m. _maple tree_.
mapuldern _made of maple_.
mapul-dre, -dor, -dur f., -trēo m. (Mdf) = mapulder
māra m., māre fn. (compar. of micel) _greater_, _‘more,’ stronger,
mightier_, _Æ, Bl, CP_. adv. _in addition_, _Mt_.
māran = mǣran
mārbēam (#VPs#) = mōrbēam
marc n. _a denomination of weight_ (usu. half a pound), _mark_ (money of
account).
marcian = mearcian
mare I. f. _silver weed_, #Lcd# 2·74^9. II. f. _nightmare, monster_,
_Ep_ (e), _Lcd_. [‘_mare_’]
māre v. māra.
mārels = mǣrelsrāp
marenis = mearuwnes
margen- = morgen-
market n. _market_, TC 422^20. [_L._ mercatum]
marma m. _marble_. [_L._ marmor]
marman-stān (marmel-, marm(or)-) m. _marble, piece of marble_, _Æ, Bl_.
[‘_marmstan_’]
marmstāngedelf n. _quarrying of marble_, ÆH 1·560^32.
-marod v. ā-m.
martir, martyr(e) m. ‘_martyr_,’ _BH_; Æ, AO. [_L._]
martirlogium m. _martyrology_, IM 122^45.
martr- = martyr-
martyrdōm m. ‘_martyrdom_,’ _BH_; Æ, CP.
martyrhād m. _martyrdom_.
+mar-tyrian, -trian _to ‘martyr,’_ _AO, BH_.
martyrracu f. _martyrology_, ÆL 23^334.
martyrung f. _passion (of Christ)_, _AO_ 254^24. [‘_martyring_’]
mārðu = mǣrð
mārūfle _horehound_. [_L._ marrubium]
masc = max
māse f. _name of a small bird_, #Gl#. [_Ger._ meise]
-masian v. ā-m.
massere m. _merchant_: _moneylender_, #Bk# 10.
māst = mǣst
matte (_Cp_) = meatte
mattuc (æ^1, ea^1, e^1, eo^1, o^2) m. ‘_mattock_,’ _A, AO_; Æ: _fork,
trident_.
māð pret. 3 sg. of mīðan.
maða m. _maggot, worm, grub_, _WW_. [‘_mathe_’]
maðal- = maðel-
+maðel n. _speech, talking_. [mǣl]
maðelere m. _speaker, haranguer_, _WW_. [v. ‘_mathele_’]
maðelian † (æ^1, e^1, a^2, o^2) _to harangue, make a speech, speak_,
_An_ (e), _B, Cp, Cr_ (æ). [‘_mell_,’ ‘_mathele_’]
maðelig _tumultuous, turbulent_, #KGl# 75^23.
maðelung f. _garrulity, loquacity_, _OEG_. [v. ‘_mathele_’]
māðm = māðum
māðm- see also māððum.
māðmǣht † f. _valuable thing, treasure_.
māðmcleofa (mād-) m. _treasure-chamber_, Æ (9^277).
māðmcyst f. _treasure-chest_, Mt 27^6.
māðmgestrēon n. _treasure_, B, MFH.
māðmhord n. _treasure-hoard_, #Ex# 368.
māðmhūs n. _treasure-house, treasury_, AO, CP.
māðmhyrde m. _treasurer_, #Bo# 64^13.
maðolian = maðelian
māððum == māðum, māðm
maððum-fæt n., pl. -fatu _precious vessel_, Æ.
māððumgesteald n. _treasure_, #Jul# 36.
māððumgifu f. _gift of treasure_, B 1301.
māððumgyfa m. _giver of treasure, prince, king_, #Wa# 92.
māððumsele m. _hall of treasure_, #Sol# 189.
māððumsigle n. _costly ornament_, B 2757.
māððumsweord n. _costly sword_, B 1023.
māððumwela m. _valuables_, B 2750.
maðu f. = maða
māðum m., gs. māðmes _treasure, object of value, jewel, ornament, gift_,
_Gn, Met_; CP. [‘_madme_’]
māðum- = māðm-, māððum-
māwan^7 _to ‘mow,’_ _AO, BH_.
māwpul = mǣwpul
max n. _net_, _WW_. [‘_mask_’]
māxwyrt f. _mash-wort (malt soaked in boiling water)_, #Lcd#.
me I. das. of pers. pron. ic _me_. II. (RB 35^9; 127^13) = menn
[[II. form of “man”]]
meagol (e) _mighty, strong, firm, emphatic, impressive_. [magan]
meagollīce adv. _earnestly_, #Bl#.
meagolmōd _earnest, strenuous_.
meagolmōdnes f. _earnestness_, #Bl#.
meagolnes f. _earnestness, strength of will_, #Bl#, HL.
meaht I. == miht. II. pres. 2 sg. of magan.
meahte pret. 3 sg. of magan.
mealc pret. of meolcan.
mealclīðe ?= meolclīðe
mealehūs = meluhūs
mealewe = mealwe
mealm = mealmstān
mealmeht _sandy_? _chalky_? KC 3·394^13. [v. ‘_malm_’]
mealmstān m. _soft stone, sandstone_? _limestone_? AO 212^28.
[v. ‘_malm_’]
mealt I. n. _steeped grain, ‘malt,’_ _Ct, Ep_. [meltan] II. pret. 3 sg.
of meltan.
mealtealoð m? n? _malt-ale_, ANS 84^325.
mealtgescot n. _payment in malt_, W 171^2.
mealthūs n. ‘_malt-house_,’ _WW_.
mealtwurt f. ‘_malt-wort_,’ _WW_. [wyrt]
mealu = melu
mealwe f. ‘_mallow_,’ _Lcd_; Æ. [_L._ malva]
mear = mearh
mearc (æ, e) f. (±) _‘mark,’ sign, line of division_, _Æ, MkL_ (e):
_standard_, _ÆGr_: (±) _boundary, limit, term, border_, _BC, Gen_; CP;
Mdf. tō ðæs +mearces ðe _in the direction that_: _defined area,
district, province_, AO.
mearca m. _space marked out_.
mearcere (æ) m. _writer, notary_, OEG.
mearcgemot _court for settling boundaries of properties_? v. LL 2·143.
mearchof n. _dwelling_, #Ex# 61.
±mearcian _to ‘mark,’ stain, brand, seal_, _BC, LL, MtL, Ph_; Æ: _mark a
boundary, delimit, define, describe, designate_, _Æ, Gen_: _mark out,
design_, _Bo_: _create_: _note, observe_.
mearc-īsern, -īsen n. _branding-iron_.
mearcland n. _border-land, march, moor_: (†) _province, country,
district_: _sea-coast_, #Rd# 4^23.
mearcpæð † m. _road, path_.
mearcstapa † m. _march-haunter_.
mearcstede m. _border-land, desolate district_, #Sol# 217.
mearcðrēat m. _army, troop_, #Ex# 173.
mearcung (æ, e) f. _marking, branding_: _mark, characteristic_: (±)
_description, arrangement_: _constellation_: _title, chapter_, NG.
mearcwadu ‡ np. _shallows, water by the shore_.
mearcweard m. _wolf_, #Ex# 168.
meard = (1) meord, mēd; (2) mearð
[[(1) Printed as shown: “meord” (meorð) and “mēd” are different
words.]]
mēares v. mearh.
mearg, mearh (æ, e) nm. I. _‘marrow,’ pith_, _Lcd_. II. _sausage_.
[= mærg] [[headword spelled “mærh”]]
mēargealle (e^1, e^2) m. _gentian_, #Lcd#. [mearh]
+meargian _to be rich, marrowy_, #LPs# 65^15.
mearglic _marrowy, fat_, #VPs# (e).
mearh, mearg m., gs. mēares _horse, steed_.
mearhæccel n. _sausage-meat_, WW 411^20.
mearhcofa m. _bone_, #PPs# 101^3.
mearhgehæc n. _sausage-meat_, WW 427^30.
mearmstān = marmanstān
mearn pret. 3 sg. of murnan.
+mearr I. n. _stumbling-block, obstruction, error_, CP. [_Goth._
gamarzeins] II. _wicked, fraudulent_, LL 140[1,5].
mearrian _to err_, #Bo# 55^23.
mearð (æ, e) m. _marten_, _Ep, AO_. [‘_mart_’]
mearu (æ, e, y), mear(u)w- in obl. cases _tender, soft_, _Lcd_: _frail_,
GD 119^17. [‘_meruw_’]
mearulic (merwe, mærw-) _frivolous_. adv. -līce _delicately,
luxuriously_, GD.
mearuwnes f. _tenderness, frailty_, CP.
mēast = mǣst
meatte (a) f. _‘mat,’ mattress_, _WW_. [_L._ matta]
mēaw = mǣw
mec as. of ic pers. pron.
+mec = +mæc
mēce m. _sword, blade_. [_Goth._ mēki]
mēcefisc (ǣ) m. _mullet_, #ÆGr# 308^5.
mecg = mæcg
mecgan _to mix, stir_.
mech = me
mechanisc _mechanical_, Æ. [_L._]
mēd I. f. _‘meed,’ reward, pay, price, compensation, bribe_, _ÆL_
(gs. mēdes), _B, BH, Bl_; CP. II. = mǣd
med- in comp. principally indicates mediocrity, but often comes to have
a distinct negative value; see, _e.g._, medtrum, medwīs. [midde]
mēda v. mǣd.
-mēdan v. on-m.
medder = mēder
medder-, meddr- = mēdr-
meddrosna fp. _dregs of mead_, #Lcd# 48a.
+mēde I. n. _consent, permission, agreement, covenant_. II. _agreeable,
pleasant_.
medel = mæðel
medeme (eo) _middling, average, mean, little_: _sufficient,
considerable, respectable, proper, fit, worthy, trustworthy,
perfect_, CP.
±medemian (eo^1) _to mete out, allot, assign, place_: _moderate_:
_respect, honour_, Æ: (+) _condescend_, Æ: (+) _advance, promote_.
medemlic _moderate, mediocre_: _worthy_. adv. -līce _moderately,
incompletely_: _suitably, worthily, kindly_.
medemlīcnes f. _mediocrity_, OEG.
medemmicel (Æ) = medmicel
medemnes f. _dignity, worth_, #Bo#: _benignity, condescension_, #Bl#.
medemung f. _measuring, measure_.
mēden = mægden
mēder ds. and LWS gs. of mōdor.
mēderce = mȳderce [[headword spelled “myderce”]]
medere = mæddre
mēderen, mēdern = mēdren
mēderwyrhta = mēterwyrhta
medewyrt = meduwyrt
mēdgian _to bribe_. [mēd]
mēdgilda m. _pensioner, hireling_, Æ.
mēdl- = mǣðl-
-mēdla v. an-, ofer-m.
medlen = midlen
medm- = medem-
medmicel I. _moderate-sized, short, small, limited, unimportant, slight,
mean, poor_. II. n. _a little_.
medmicelnes f. _smallness (of mind)_, #SPs# 54^8.
medmicle comp. medmāre, adv. _humbly, meanly, slightly_.
medo = medu
medom- = medem-
mēdren I. _maternal, of a mother_. II. n. _the mother’s side
(by descent)_, LL 156[11].
+mēdren _born of the same mother_, AO 114^13.
mēdrencynn n. _mother’s kindred_.
mēdrengecynd n. _mother’s nature_, W 17^7.
mēdrenmǣg m. _maternal kinsman_.
mēdrenmǣgð f. _maternal kindred_, LL 392[3].
+mēdrian _to have the same mother_, Æ.
medrīce _of low rank_, WW 115^26.
mēdsceatt m. _payment, fee, reward, bribe, gift_, Æ, CP.
medsēlð (ǣ) f. _ill-fortune_, AO.
medspēdig _poor_, #Cra# 9.
medstrang _of middle rank_, Æ.
medtrum _weak, infirm, sickly, ill_, CP: _of lower rank_. [cp. medmicel]
medtrumnes (met-; y^2) f. _weakness, infirmity, sickness, illness,
disease_, AO, CP.
medu (eo) mn. gs. med(e)wes _‘mead’ (drink)_, _B, Rd_ (eo); AO.
meduærn n. _mead-hall, banqueting-house_, B 69 (o^2).
medubenc † f. _bench in a mead-hall_.
meduburg † f. _mead city, rejoicing city_.
medudrēam † m. _mead-joy, jollity_.
medudrenc (eo^1) m. _mead_, W 245^4.
medudrinc (o^2) m. _mead-drinking_, #Seaf# 22.
meduful † n. _mead-cup_.
medugāl † _mead-excited, drunk_.
meduheall † f. _mead-hall_.
medum- = medem-
medurǣden (eo^1) f. _strong drink_? (BT), _dealing out of mead_? (GK),
#GnE# 88.
meduscenc (eo^1) m. _mead-cup_, B 1980.
meduseld n. _mead-hall_, B 3065.
medusetl n. (eo^1, o^2) _mead-seat_, B 5.
medustīg f. _path to the mead-hall_, B 924.
meduwērig † _overpowered with mead, drunk_.
meduwong (eo^1, o^2) m. _field (where the mead-hall stood)_. B 1643.
meduwyrt (eo^1, e^2) f. _meadow-sweet_, _Lcd_: _‘rubia,’ madder_, OEG
56^40 (e^2). [‘_mead-wort_’]
medwīs _dull, stupid, foolish_, CP. [cp. medmicel]
mēdwyrhta m. _a hireling_, #Sc# 123^12.
meg == mæg
mēg = (1) mǣw; (2) mǣg
mēg- = mǣg-
megol == meagol
meh = mec, me, as. of ic.
meht == meaht, miht
mēi, mēig = mǣg
meige (#KGl# 81^32) = mæge pres. 3 sg. subj. of magan.
meiðhād (#KGl# 56^7) = mægðhād
mēl = mǣl n.
mela = melu
melc == meolc
melcingfæt = meolcfæt
meld f. _proclamation_, #Da# 648.
melda m. _reporter, informer, betrayer_, Æ.
meldan (æ) (_Rd_) = meldian
melde f. _orache (plant)_, _Lcd_. [‘_milds_’; _Ger._ melde]
meldfeoh n. _informer’s reward_, LL 96[17].
±meldian _to announce, declare, tell, proclaim, reveal_, _Ps_; Æ:
_inform against, accuse_. [‘_meld_’; _Ger._ melden]
meldung f. _betrayal_, BH 240^4.
mēle = mǣle
meledēaw mn. _honey dew, nectar_, _Ph, WW_ (mild-). [‘_mildew_’]
melewes = melwes gs. of melu.
-melle, -melnes v. ǣ-m.
melo = melu
melsc = milisc
±meltan I. (y) (sv^3) tr. and intr. _to consume by fire_, _‘melt’
become fluid, digest, dissolve, burn up_, _B, CP, El, Lcd, WW_; Æ.
II. = miltan
meltestre = myltestre
meltung f. _digestion_, #Lcd#.
melu (ea, eo) n., gs. mel(u)wes _‘meal,’ flour_, _Lcd_; Æ. [_Ger._ mehl]
melugescot n. _payment in meal_, W 171.
meluhūdern n. _meal-house_, LL 455[17].
meluhūs (ea^1, e^2) n. _meal-house_, WW 185^27.
meluw (LWS) = melu
men v. mann.
mēnan = mǣnan
mend- = mynd-
+mēne- = +mǣne-
mene (y) m. _necklace, collar, ornament, jewel_. [_Ger._ mähne]
menegian = mynegian
menego = menigu
menen (i) n. _maiden, handmaid, slave_.
menescilling m. _moon-shaped ornament, coin worn as ornament_, #Gl#.
±mengan (æ) tr. and intr. _to mix, combine, unite_, _Lk, Sat_: (±)
_associate, consort, cohabit with_, _BH, Ps_: _disturb_, _B_: (†)
_converse_. [‘_meng_’]
+mengedlic _mixed, confused_. adv. -līce.
+mengednes, +meng(d)nes f. _mingling, mixture, connection_, Æ, BH.
mengeo, mengo, mengu = menigu
mengung f. _mixture, composition_, _ZDA_: _fellowship_, GD: (+)
_confusion_. [‘_menging_’]
meni (LWS) = manig
menian = mynian
menig (LWS) == manig
menigdu f. _band of people_, WW 448^27.
menigu (a^1, æ^1, eo^3) f. usu. indecl. in sg. _company, multitude,
host_, Æ, AO, CP. [manig]
menio, meniu (LWS) = menigu
menisc = mennisc
menn v. mann.
mennen, mennenu = menen
mennesc == mennisc
mennisc I. adj. _human, natural_, _Bo, CP_; Æ. II. n. _mankind, folk,
race, people_, _Bl_; Æ CP. [‘_mannish_’]
mennisclic _human_, Æ, CP. adv. -līce, Æ.
mennisc-licnes (EHy 15^35), -nes f. _state of man, human nature,
incarnation_, _BH_; Æ: _humaneness, humanity_. [‘_mannishness_’]
menniscu f. _humanity, human state_, CP.
mentel (æ) m., gs. mentles _mantle, cloak_, CP. [_L._ mantellum]
mentelprēon m. _mantle-pin, brooch_, Ct.
menung = (*mynung), mynegung
mēo mf? gs. and nap. mēon _shoe-sole, sock_? _sandal_? RB, WW.
meocs = meox
+meodnes f. _dignity_, DR 192´. [= medemnes]
meodo, meodu = medu
meodom- = medem-
meodoma = meoduma
meodren = mēdren
meodum- = medem-
meoduma m. _weaver’s beam, treadle_? WW.
meolc I. _giving milk, milch_. II. (i, M) f. ‘_milk_,’ _BH_; Æ, AO.
meolcan^3 (e, i) _to milk_.
meolcdēond (i; -tēond) m. _suckling_, #JVPs# 8^3.
meolcfæt n. _milk-pail_, WW 123^28.
meolchwīt ‘_milk-white_,’ _GPH_.
meolcian (i) _to ‘milk,’_ _Lcd, Shr_: (±) _give milk, suckle_, _Bl_.
meolclīðe (ea) _milky_, CM 49.
meolcsūcend m. _suckling_, WW.
meolo (_Bo_) = melu
meoloc (CP) = meolc
meolu = melu
meoluc = meolc
mēon v. mēo.
meord f. _reward, pay_. [_Goth._ mizdō]
meoring f. _danger_? #Ex# 62?
meorð = meord
mēos I. m. _moss_, Æ; Mdf. II. adj. _mossy_.
mēose = mēse
meotod, meotud == metod
meottoc (_Cp_) = mattuc
+meotu = +metu nap. of +met.
meotud- = metod-
meoðon (BH) = miðon pret. pl. of mīðan.
mēowle † f. _maiden, virgin_: _woman_. [_Goth._ mawilō]
meox (e, i, y) n. _filth, dirt, dung_, _Æ, Bo, Lk_. [‘_mix_’]
meoxbearwe f. _dung-barrow_, WW 336^8.
meoxen = mixen
meoxscofl (e^1) f. _dung-shovel_, LL 455[17].
meoxwilie (cs) f. _dung-basket_, #LPs# 80^7.
mēr- = mǣr-
mera m. _incubus_, #Gl#.
merc (A) == mearc
merce = merece
+merce = +mierce
mercels = mircels
mercong (NG) = mearcung
mere I. m. (†) _sea, ocean_, _An_: _lake, pond, pool, cistern_, _B, Ep,
Jn_; CP; Mdf. [‘_mere_’] II. = mare. III. = miere
mēre (#VPs#) = mǣre I.
merebāt m. _sea-boat, vessel_, #An# 246.
merecandel f. _sun_, #Met# 13^57.
merece m. _smallage, wild celery_, _Æ, Gl, Lcd_.
mereciest f. _sea-chest, ark_, #Gen# 1317.
meredēað † m. _death at sea_.
meredēor n. _sea-animal_, B 558.
merefara m. _sailor_, B 502.
merefaroð † m. _surging of the waves_.
merefix m. _sea-fish_, B 549.
mereflōd † m. _sea, body of water, deluge_.
mere-grēot (Æ), -grot n., -grota m. _pearl_.
meregrund † m. _lake-bottom, depths of the sea_.
merehengest † m. _sea-horse, ship_.
merehrægl n. _sail_, B 1905.
merehūs † n. _sea-house, the ark_.
merehwearf m. _sea-shore_, #Ex# 516.
mērehwīt _pure white, sterling (of silver)_. [mǣre II.]
merelād f. _sea-way_, #Hu# 27.
merelīðende m. _seafaring (man)_, _sailor_.
mere-menn, -mennen, -menin n. _mermaid, siren_, _Cp, WW_. [‘_mermin_’]
mere-næddra m., -næddre, -nǣdre f. _‘murena,’ sea-adder, lamprey_.
meresmylte _quiet as the sea, calm_, #Met# 21^12.
meresteall m. _stagnant water_, MFH 169.
merestrǣt † f. _sea-path_.
merestrēam † m. _sea-water_.
merestrengo f. _strength in swimming_, B 523.
mereswīn n. _porpoise, dolphin_, _Cp, Lcd_. [‘_mereswine_’]
meretorht (æ) † _(rising) bright from the sea_.
meretorr m. _towering wall of the (Red) sea_, #Ex# 484.
mereðyssa † m. _ship_.
mereweard m. _sea-warden_, #Whale# 53.
merewērig _sea-weary_, #Seaf# 12.
merewīf n. _water-witch_, B 1519.
merg (_Cp_ 195#m#) = mearg
merg- = mearg-, meri-, morg-, myrg-
mer-gealle, -gelle = meargealle [[headword spelled “mēargealle”]]
merian _to purify, cleanse_, _Sat_: _test_. [‘_mere_’]
merice (#Gl#) = merce
merien = morgen
merig = (1) myrge; (2) mearg
merig- = myrg-
merigen (Æ, AO) = morgen
merisc = mersc
merne = mergenne ds. of mergen. [[under “morgen”]]
merr- = mierr-
mērs- = mǣrs-
mersc (æ) m. _‘marsh,’ swamp_, _Bl, Cp_; CP.
merschōfe m. _marsh hove_, #Lcd# 35b.
merscland n. _marsh-land_, #Chr# 1098.
merscmealwe f. ‘_marsh-mallow_,’ _Lcd_.
merscmeargealle f. _gentiana pneumonanthe_, #Lcd#.
merscware pl. _inhabitants of marshes_. (1) _Romney marsh_, #Chr# 796.
(2) _the fens_? #Chr# 838.
mertze f. _merchandise_, WW 32^25. [_L._ mercem]
merð = mearð
merðern _made of skins of martens_.
mērðu (N) = mǣrð
meru (_MtR_) = mearu
meruw-, merwe- = mearu(w)-
mēs (K) = mȳs, v. mūs.
mesa fpl. _dung_, #Lcd# 37a.
mēsan _to eat_, #Rd# 41^52. [mōs]
mēse (ēo, ī, ȳ) f. _table_: _what is placed on a table_. [_L._]
mess- = mæss-
mēsta (#KGl#) = mǣsta superl. of micel.
±met (usu. +) _measure (vessel or amount)_, _Æ_: _act of measuring,
appointed share, quantity_, _Mt_: _space, distance_, _LL_: _boundary,
limit_, _Bo, Met_: _manner, degree, way_: _ability, capacity_: _rule,
law_: _mood_ (gram.): _metre_: _moderation_, _MtR_. ealle +mete _in all
respects_. on +m. _in vain_, #RPs# 88^48. nānum +m. _by no means, on no
account_. [‘_met_,’ ‘_i-met_’]
+met _suitable, fit, proper, apt, meet_. adv. -mēte.
+mēt = +mōt
-mēt v. wēa-m. [[under “wēamēt”]]
meta (#Sc# 153) = mete
metærn = meteærn
±metan^5 _to measure_, _‘mete’ out, mark off_, _Æ, Ex, Mt, VPs_:
_compare_, _Bo_; CP: _es imate_, _Bl_: m. wið _pass over, traverse_,
_B_.
±mētan I. _to ‘meet,’ find, find out, fall in with, encounter_, _Bo,
Bl_; Æ, AO, CP. [gemōt] II. _to paint, design_, _ÆGr_. [‘_mete_’]
[[I. “gemōt” listed as “+mōt”]]
metbælg m. _wallet_, LkR 22^35.
mete (æ) m. nap. mettas _‘meat,’ food_, _BH, Lk, Sc_; Æ, AO, CP.
mēte = mǣte
meteærn n. _refectory_, GD, WW.
meteāflīung f. _atrophy_, WW.
meteclyfa m. _food-store, pantry_, OEG 56^270.
metecorn n. _allowance of corn to dependents_, _TC_. [‘_metecorn_’]
metecū f. _cow for killing_, LL.
metecweorra m? _surfeit, indigestion_.
+mētednes f. _finding, discovery_, #LPs# 27^4.
metefæt [met-] n. _dish_, GPH 403.
metefǣtels m. _cupboard for food_, _WW_ 107^5. [‘_metefetill_’]
meteg- = metg-
metegafol n. _payment in food_, LL 448[4,5].
metegearwa fp. _preparations of food_, #Lcd# 78b.
metegyrd = metgeard
metelǣst = metelīest
metelāf f. _leavings of a meal_.
metelēas _without food_, Æ.
mete-līest (AO), -lē(a)st, -līst, -lȳst f. _lack of food, starvation_.
metend m. _measurer_: _God_.
mētenēad f. _requisites in the way of food_, LL 383´? (v. 2·145).
mēter n. ‘_metre_’ (poet.), _A, BH_. [_L._]
meterǣdere m. _reader at mealtimes_, NC 309.
mētercræft m. _art of versifying_, BH 258^15.
mētercund _relating to metre_, WW.
mētere m. _painter_.
mēterfers n. _hexameter verse_, BH.
mētergeweorc n. _verse_, BH 484^9.
mēterlic _metrical_, OEG.
metern = meteærn
mēterwyrhta m. _metrician, poet_, WW.
metesōcn f. _craving for food, appetite_, #Lcd# 65a.
metesticca m. _measuring-rod_, WW 126^35.
meteswam m. _edible mushroom_, WW.
metetīd f. _meal-time_, GD 277^24.
meteðearfende † _needing food, destitute_.
meteðegn m. _seneschal, steward_, #Ex# 131.
meteðing n. _operation connected with cooking_, NC 309.
meteūtsiht f. _dysentery_, WW.
+metfæst _moderate, reasonable, modest_.
+metfæstan (æ^1, e^2) _to compare_, #LPs# 48^21.
+metfæstlic _moderate_. adv. -līce _modestly, humbly, meekly_.
+metfæstnes f. _moderation, modesty_, BH.
metfæt = metefæt
+metfæt n. _a measure (vessel)_, Æ.
+metfest- = +metfæst-
metgeard f. _measuring-stick, rod, pole, perch_, WW 147^20.
±metgian _to moderate, control, govern_, Æ, CP: _weigh in mind,
consider_: _assign due measure to_.
+metgiend m. _ruler, governor_, AS 11^6.
±metgung f. _moderation, temperance_, AO, CP: _reflection, meditation_:
_rule, regulation_.
metgyrd = metgeard
metian I. _to supply with food, provision_. II. = metgian
mēting I. (±) f. _meeting (friendly or hostile)_, _assembly,
congregation_, RB 46^2: (+) _finding, discovery_. II. _painting,
picture_, Æ.
+metlǣcan _to moderate_, CP 101^12.
+metlic _fitting, suitable_: _moderate_. adv. -līce.
+metnes f. _moderation_, MF (Vesp. D xiv).
+mētnes = +mētednes
metod † m. _fate_: _Creator, God, Christ_.
metodsceaft † f. _decree of fate, doom, death_. gewītan m. sēon, tō
metodsceafte _to die_, B.
metodwang (meotud-) m. _battlefield_, #An# 11.
metrāp m. _measuring-rope, sounding-line_, Cp 178#b#.
mētsceat = mēdsceatt
metscipe m. _feeding, meal_, _LL_ 178, 8, 1. [‘_meteship_’]
metseax n. _meat-knife_, AO.
±metsian _to supply with food_.
metsung f. _feeding, provisioning_, #Chr#.
+metta m. _sharer in food_, _Æ_. [‘_mette_’]
mettac = mattuc
mettas v. mete.
mette- = mete-
mētte pret. 3 sg. of mētan.
metten f. _one of the Fates_, #Bo# 102^22.
mettian = mētan I.
+metting = +mēting
-mētto v. wēa-m. [[under “wēamēt”]]
mettoc (_Ep_) = mattuc
mettrum == medtrum
metud (N) = metod
mēðe (†) _tired, worn out, dejected, sad_: _troublesome_. [_Ger._ müde]
meðel = mæðel
±mēðgian _to exhaust, tire out, impair_.
mēðian _to grow weary_, #Lcd# 57a.
mēðig _tired, weary_, AO.
meðl = mæðl, mæðel
meðl- = mæðl-, maðel-
mēðnes f. _fatigue_, OET (Bd^2).
+meðrian _to honour_.
mēw = mǣw
mexscofl = meoxscofl
miccl- = micel-, micl-
micel (y) adj. comp. māra, superl. mǣst(a) _great, intense, much, many_,
_Æ, BC, Bo, Chr, Lcd_; AO, CP: (of time) _long_: _loud_. sb. with gen.
_much_, AO, CP. adv. _greatly, much_, _CP, Gen_. [‘_mickle_’]
micelǣte (y) _greedy_, #Shr# 16^20.
miceldōend (i^2) _doing great things_, DR 45^7.
micelhēafdede _big-headed_, WW 380^12.
micelian = miclian
micellic _great, splendid, magnificent_. adv. -līce _greatly, grandly,
splendidly_: _very, exceedingly_.
micelmōd _magnanimous_, #PPs# 144^3.
micelnes (y) f. _greatness, size_, Æ, CP: _multitude, abundance_:
_magnificence_.
micelsprecende _boasting_, #LPs# 11^4.
micelu (y) f. _largeness, size_, #Lcd#.
micg == mycg
micga m., micge f. _urine_, _Lcd_. [‘_mig_’]
micgða = migoða
micl- = micel-
micle, micles, miclum adv. (obl. cases of micel) _much, very, greatly_.
±miclian (y) _to become great, increase_, _An_; AO: _make great, make
larger, magnify, extol_, _Bl_. [‘_mickle_’]
±miclung f. _the doing of great things_.
micul = micel
mid I. prep. w. d. inst. (WS) and a. (A only) _with, in conjunction
with, in company with, together with_, _Æ, BC, BH, Chr_: _into the
presence of_: _through, by means of, by_, _BH, Gen_: _among, in_: _at_
(time): _in the sight of, opinion of_, _ÆL, MtL_. m. ealle, eallum
_altogether, completely, entirely_, _Æ, Chr_. m. ðām _with that,
thereupon_. m. ðām ðe _when_. m. ðām ðæt _through that, on that account,
because, when_. m. ðȳ (ðe) _when, while_. II. adv. _at the same time,
together, simultaneously, likewise_, _Lcd_. [‘_mid_’] III. = midd
midd superl. mid(e)mest _mid, middle, midway_, _BH, CP, Lcd_. tō middes
adv. _in the midst_. [‘_mid_’]
middæg m. _‘mid-day,’ noon_, _Lcd_: _one of the canonical hours, sext_,
_WW_. fram middæge oð nōn _from noon to 3 p.m._, Æ.
middæglic adj. _mid-day, meridian_.
middægsang m. _mid-day service, sext_.
middægtīd f. _noon_, WW 450^5.
middægðēnung f. _dinner_, NC 309.
middan (on) v. onmiddan.
middandæglic = middæglic
middaneard (_Jn_) == middangeard
middangeard m. _the globe, world, earth_, _B_; Æ, AO, CP: _mankind_.
[‘_middenerd_’; _ON._ miðgarðr]
middangeardlic _earthly_, BH 118^19.
middansumer m. _midsummer (24 June)_.
middanwinter m. _midwinter, Christmas_.
midde I. adj. _mid, middle_. II. f. _middle, centre_ (only in phr. on
middan).
middel I. n. _‘middle,’ centre_, _El, Mk, Ps, WW_: _waist_, _Bl_. II.
adj. (superl. midlest) _middle, intermediate_, _BC, BH_.
middeldæg m. _mid-day, noon_, #Lcd#.
middeldǣl m. _middle_, AO 10^6.
middelfinger m. _middle finger_.
middel-flēra m., -flēre f. _partition, septum_, WW.
middelfōt m. _instep_, WW 160^25.
middelgemǣru npl. _central region_, #Sol# 255.
middelgesculdru np. _part of the body between the shoulders_, WW 159^17.
middelniht † f. _midnight_.
middelrīce n. _the middle kingdom_, #Chr# 887#a#.
midden- = middan-
midde-niht, -neaht, middernæht (_LkL_) f. ‘_midnight_.’ [v. ES 39·350]
middesumer = middansumer
middeweard I. adv. _in the middle of, through the midst_, _AO_. II. adj.
_middle_. III. sb. _middle_, _LPs_. [‘_midward_’]
middewinter = middanwinter
middun- (N) = middan-
mideard = middangeard
midel = middel
midemest v. midd.
midfæsten m. _mid-Lent_.
mid-feorh, -feorwe (CP), -ferh(ð) mn. _youth, middle age_, (‘_juventus_’
#Gl#).
midfyrhtnes f. _middle age_, #Bl# 163.
midgearwung f. _preparation_, MkL p 5^10.
midgesīð n. _companion_, OEG 680.
midhelp [mið-] f. _help, assistance_, DR 29^18.
midhlȳte m. ‘_consortium_,’ NC 309.
midhrif nm. _‘midriff,’ diaphragm_, _Lcd_: _bowels_.
mid-hriðre, -hryðre n. _diaphragm_, _Cp, WW_. [‘_midred_’; hreðer]
-midian v. ā-.
mīdl n. _bit (of a bridle)_, Æ: _oar-thong_.
midle = middele, ds. of middel.
+midleahtrian _to reproach_? #Sc# 200^6.
midlen (e) n. _middle, centre, midst_.
midlencten n. _mid-Lent_.
midlest superl. of middel.
mīdlhring m. _ring of a bit_, WW 456^14.
+midlian _to halve, divide_, #VPs#.
±mīdlian _to bridle, check, curb_, CP: _muzzle_, W 191.
midligend m. _mediator_, BH 206^26.
midlung f. _middle, midst_. adv. -lunga _to a moderate extent_.
midmest v. midd.
midmycel = medmicel
midnedæg m. _mid-day_.
midnes f. _middle, midst_.
midniht f. _midnight_, Æ.
midor compar. of midd, adj.
midrād f. _riding in company_, LL 175[4].
mīdrece = mȳderce [[headword spelled “myderce”]]
midrif = midhrif
midsingend m. _one who sings with another_, WW 129^25.
±midsīð(eg)ian _to accompany, associate with_.
midspecend m. _interlocutor_, MP 1·592.
midspreca m. _advocate_, ÆH 1·388.
midsumer (e^3) m. ‘_midsummer_,’ _A_.
midswēgan *‘_concinere_’ #EPs# 57^3.
midðām, midðy = mid ðam, mid ðȳ
midðeahtian _to consent_, RHy 6^27.
midweg m. _midway_, CP 399^13, GD 314^11.
midwinter m. ‘_midwinter_,’ _Christmas_, _Lcd_.
midwist f. _presence, society_.
midwunung f. _living in company_, Æ.
midwyrhta m. _worker together with, co-operator_, CP.
midyrfenuma m. _coheir_, #Sc# 148^4.
mieht = miht
mielt pres. 3 sg. of meltan.
Mierce, Miercan pl. _Mercians_: _Mercia_, #Chr# (lit. _borderers_; cp.
mearc).
+mierce (e) n. _boundary, limit_, A 4·141^35: _sign, token_, MkL 16^17.
Miercisc _Mercian_, LL (e).
miere (e, i, y) f. ‘_mare_,’ _BH, WW_. [mearh]
mierra m. _deceiver_, MtL 27^63 (e).
±mierran (e, i, y) _to ‘mar,’ disturb, confuse_, _CP_: _scatter,
squander, waste_: _upset, hinder, obstruct_, _Æ_; AO: _err_, _MtL_.
mierrelse (y) f. _cause of offence_, #Jul# 338.
mierrend (y) _prodigal, wasteful_, NC 311.
mierring (e, i, y) f. _hindering_: _squandering, waste_, CP.
±mīgan^1 _to make water_, #ÆGr#.
migeða = migoða
migga (Æ) = micga
miggung, mīging f. _making water_, WW.
migol _diuretic_, #Lcd#.
migoða m. _urine_, #Lcd#.
miht (a, æ, ea, e, ie, y) I. f. _‘might,’ bodily strength_, _Bl, Lcd_:
_power, authority, ability_, _BH_; Æ: _virtue_, _Lcd_: _mighty work,
miracle_, G. II. adj. †_mighty, powerful_: _possible_.
mihte pret. sg. of magan.
mihtelēas = mihtlēas
mihtelic, mihtlic _possible_. adv. -līce _‘mightily,’ powerfully, by
might, miraculously_, _Æ, BH_.
mihtesetl n. _seat of power_, EETS 34·301.
mihtig (æ, ea) _‘mighty,’ important_, _BH, VPs_ (æ): _able, effective_,
_Lcd_: _possible_. adv. -līce, _Bo_. [‘_mightily_’]
mihtlēas _powerless, weak, exhausted_, Æ.
mihtmōd n. _violent temper, passion_, #Ex# 149.
mihtu = miht ðu
mīl I. f. ‘_mile_,’ _Bl, WW_; AO. [_L._] II. n. _millet_, _WW_.
[‘_mile_’]
milc (#VPs#) == meolc
milde I. adj. _‘mild,’ merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek_, _B, Bl,
Gu, LL_; AO, CP. II. adv. _mercifully, graciously_, _Cr_.
mildēaw = meledēaw
mildelic _propitious_. adv. _graciously, affably, kindly_, _AO_; Æ.
[‘_mildly_’]
+mildgian _to mitigate_, #VPs#.
mild-heort, -heortlic _merciful, clement, compassionate_, _MtL_ (milt-);
AO, Æ. [‘_mild-heart_’] adv. -līce, Æ, CP.
mildheortnes f. _loving-kindness, mercy, pity_, _LL_; Æ, AO.
[‘_mildheartness_’]
mildian _to become mild_, GPH 399.
mildnes f. _mildness, mercy_, NC 309.
milds == milts
milescian _to become mild, mellow_, WW. [milisc]
mīlgemæt m. _mile-measure, milestone_? KC 3·252^21.
mīlgemearc n. _measure by miles_, B 1362.
mīlgetæl n. _mile_, #Nar# 33.
milisc (e, y) _sweet, mild, mulled_.
mīlite _soldiers_, NC 309.
mīlitisc _military_, GD. [_L._ miles]
mīlpæð † m. _distance reckoned by miles_? _road with milestones on it_?
#El, Ex, Run#.
+milscad _honeyed, mixed with honey_, WW (v. milescian).
milscapuldor f. _sweet apple tree_, #Gl#.
milt- = mild-
±miltan (e, y) (tr. and intr.) _to melt_, Æ: _digest_: _refine, purge_.
milt-coðe, -coðu f. _disease of the spleen_, #Lcd#.
milte mf. _‘milt,’ spleen_, _Gl, Lcd_; Æ. [_Ger._ milz]
miltesēoc _splenetic_.
miltestre = myltestre
miltewærc m. _pain in the spleen_, CP.
milts f. _mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favour_, CP: (†)
_joy_. [milde]
±miltsian (w. d.) _to compassionate, pity, show mercy_, _Bo, Mt, Ps_; Æ,
CP: _soften, make merciful_. [‘_milce_,’ ‘_i-milce_’]
±miltsiend m. _pitier_.
miltsigendlic _pardonable, venial_, Æ.
miltsung f. (±) _mercy, sympathy, pity, indulgence, pardon_, Æ, CP:
_moderation, reduction (of punishment)_, LL 468[10].
miltwræc = miltewærc
milz = milts
mīma m. ‘_mime_,’ _MH_.
+mimor (w. d.) _known_. adv. -līce _by heart_.
min †? _small_: _common, vile_.
mīn I. pron. _my, ‘mine,’_ _Æ, B, G_. mīnes ðances _by my will_. II. gs.
of ic _of me_.
mind == mynd
mindōm? m. _state of exile_, #PPs# 54^7.
mine = myne
minet- = mynet-
minlic _petty_.
mīnlīce adv. _in my manner_, WW 449^16.
minnæn _‘manipulos,’ sheaves_? #EPs# 128^7; ‘_magnalia_,’ 105^21.
minne I. nap. of min. II. = myne
minnen = menen
±minsian _to diminish_.
minsung f. _parsimony_, OEG 3748.
mint? (MtR), minte f. ‘_mint_,’ CP; Mdf. [_L._]
mio- = meo-
mircapuldur (Cp) = milscapuldor?