623. _gospel._ See Matt. v. 22, 44.

624. Fr. 'on reproche à l'ome ou ses pecchiez, ou ses folies, ou sa

povrete, ou ses povres parenz, ou aucune defaute qu'il a en lui.' Cf.

Ayenb. p. 66, l. 27.

_mesel_, leper; so _meselrie_, leprosy, in 625.

625. _maheym_, maim, i. e. mutilation or bodily imperfection. Our [466]

_maim_ is a contracted form of this M. E. _maheym_. In P. Plowman, B. xvii.

189, one MS. has _y-mayheymed_, where others have _y-maymed_. In Britton,

i. 98, the Anglo-French form is _maheyng_; in the Liber Albus, p. 281, it

is _mahaym_.

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