--2)
_possessing
authority, mighty_: nom.
Beowulf
mēca, 2686.
--Comp.
: beado-, hæft-, hilde-mēce.
mēd, st. f. , _meed, reward_: acc. sg. mēde, 2135; dat. sg. mēde, 2147; gen.
pl. mēda, 1179.
ge-mēde, st. n. , _approval, permission_ (Grein): acc. pl. ge-mēdu, 247.
mēðe, adj. , _tired, exhausted, dejected_: in comp. hyge-, sǣ-mēðe.
mētan, w. v. , _to meet, find, fall in with_: with acc. , pret. pl. syððan
Æscheres . . . hafelan mētton, 1422; subj. pret. sg. þæt hē ne mētte . . . on
elran man mundgripe māran (_that he never met, in any other man, with a
mightier hand-grip_), 752.
ge-mētan, with acc. , the same: pret. sg. gemētte, 758, 2786; pl. næs þā
long tō þon, þæt þā āglǣcean hȳ eft gemētton (_it was not long after that
the warriors again met each other_), 2593.
ge-mēting, st. f. , _meeting, hostile coming together_: nom. sg. , 2002.
mēagol, adj. , _mighty, immense; formal, solemn_: instr. pl. mēaglum wordum,
1981.
mearc, st. f. , _frontier, limit, end_: dat. sg. tō mearce (_the end of
life_), 2385. --Comp. Weder-mearc, 298.
ge-mearc, st. n. , _measure, distance_: comp. fōt-, mīl-ge-mearc.
mearcian, w. v. , _to mark, stain_: pres. ind. sg. mearcað mōrhopu (_will
stain, mark, the moor with the blood of the corpse_), 450.
ge-mearcian, the same: pret. part. (Cain) morðre gemearcod (_murder-marked_
[cf. 1 Book Mos. IV. 15]), 1265; swā wæs on þǣm scennum . . . gemearcod . . .
hwām þæt sweord geworht wǣre (_engraved for whom the sword had been
wrought_), 1696.
mearc-stapa, w. m. , _march-strider, frontier-haunter_ (applied to Grendel
and his mother): nom. sg. , 103; acc. pl. mearc-stapan, 1349.
mearh, st. m. , _horse, steed_: nom. pl. mēaras, 2164; acc. pl. mēaras, 866,
1036; dat. pl. inst. mēarum, 856, 918; mēarum and māðmum, 1049, 1899; gen.
pl. mēara and māðma, 2167.
mearn. See murnan.
meodu. See medu.
meoto. See met.
meotud. See metod.
meowle, w. f. , _maiden_: comp. geō-meowle.
micel, adj. , _great, huge, long_ (of time): nom. sg. m. , 129, 502; fem. ,
67, 146, 170; neut. , 772; acc. sg. m. micelne, 3099; fem, micle, 1779,
3092; neut. micel, 270, 1168. The comp. māre must be supplied before þone
in: medo-ærn micel . . . (māre) þone yldo beam ǣfre ge-frūnon, 69; instr. sg.
ge-trume micle, 923; micle (_by much, much_); micle lēofre (_far dearer_),
2652; efne swā micle (lǣssa), (_[less] even by so much_), 1284; oftor micle
(_much oftener_), 1580; dat. sg, weak form miclan, 2850; gen. sg. miclan,
979. The gen. sg. micles is an adv. = _much, very_: micles wyrðne gedōn
(_deem worthy of much_, i. e. honor very highly), 2186; tō fela micles (_far
too much, many_), 695; acc. pl. micle, 1349. Compar. , see māra.
mid, I. prep. w. dat. , instr. , and acc. , signifying preëminently _union,
community, with_, hence: 1) w. dat. : a) _with, in company, community,
with_; mid Finne, 1129; mid Hrōðgāre, 1593; mid scip-herge, 243; mid
gesīðum (_with his comrades_), 1314; so, 1318, 1964, 2950, etc. ; mid his
frēo-drihtne, 2628; mid þǣm lācum (_with the gifts_), 1869; so, 2789, 125;
mid hǣle (_with good luck! _), 1218; mid bǣle fōr (_sped off amid fire_),
2309. The prep. postponed: him mid (_with him, in his company_), 41; _with
him_, 1626; ne wæs him Fitela mid (_was not with him_), 890. b) _with,
among_: mid Gēatum (_among the Gēatas_), 195, 2193, 2624; mid Scyldingum,
274; mid Eotenum, 903; mid yldum (eldum), 77, 2612; mid him (_with, among,
one another_), 2949. In temporal sense: mid ǣr-dæge (_at dawn_), 126. --2)
_with, with the help of, through_, w. dat. : mid ār-stafum (_through his
grace_), 317; so, 2379; mid grāpe (_with the fist_), 438; so, 1462, 2721;
mid his hete-þoncum (_through his hatred_), 475; mid sweorde, 574; so,
1660, 2877; mid gemete (_through, by, his power_), 780; so, 1220, 2536,
2918; mid gōde (_with benefits_), 1185; mid hearme (_with harm, insult_),
1893; mid þǣre sorge (_with [through? ] this sorrow_), 2469; mid rihte (_by
rights_), 2057. With instr. : mid þȳ wīfe (_through [marriage with] the
woman_), 2029. --3) w. acc. , _with, in community, company, with_: mid his
eorla gedriht, 357; so, 634, 663, 1673; mid hine, 880; mid mīnne
gold-gyfan, 2653.
II. adv. , mid, _thereamong, in the company_, 1643; _at the same time,
likewise_, 1650.
middan-geard, st. m. , _globe, earth_: acc. sg. , 75, 1772; dat. sg. on
middan-gearde, 2997; gen. sg. middan-geardes, 504, 752.
midde, w. f. , _middle = medius_: dat. sg. on middan (_through the middle,
in two_), 2706; gen. sg. (adv. ) tō-middes (_in the midst_), 3142.
middel-niht, st. f. , _midnight_: dat. pl. middel-nihtum, 2783, 2834.
miht, st. f. , _might, power, authority_: acc. sg. þurh drihtnes miht
(_through the Lord's help, power_), 941; instr. pl. selfes mihtum, 701.
mihtig, adj. : 1) _physically strong, powerful_: acc. sg. mihtig mere-dēor,
558; mere-wīf mihtig, 1520.
--2) _possessing authority, mighty_: nom. sg.
mihtig god, 702, 1717, 1726; dat. sg. mihtigan drihtne, 1399. --Comp. : æl-,
fore-mihtig.
milde, adj. , _kind, gracious, generous_: nom. sg. mōdes milde
(_kind-hearted_), 1230; instr. pl. mildum wordum (_graciously_), 1173.
Superl. nom. sg. worold-cyning mannum mildust (_a king most liberal to
men_), 3183.
milts, st. f. , _kindness, benevolence_: nom. sg. , 2922.
missan, w. v. with gen. , _to miss, err in_: pret. sg. miste mercelses
(_missed the mark_), 2440.
missēre, st. n. , _space of a semester, half a year_: gen. pl. hund missēra
(_fifty winters_), 2734, 2210; generally, _a long period of time, season_,
1499, 1770; fela missēra, 153, 2621.
mist-hlið, st. n. , _misty cliff, cloud-capped slope_: dat. pl. under
mist-hleoðum, 711.
mistig, adj. , _misty_: acc. pl. mistige mōras, 162.
mīl-gemearc, st. n. , _measure by miles_: gen. sg. mīl-gemearces, 1363.
mīn: 1) poss. pron. , _my, mine_, 255, 345, etc. ; Hygelāc mīn (_my lord_, or
_king, H. _), 2435. --2) gen. sg. of pers. pron. ic, _of me_, 2085, 2534,
etc.
molde, w. f. , _dust; earth, field_: in comp. græs-molde.
mon. See man.
ge-mong. See ge-mang.
morð-bealu, st. n. , _murder, deadly hale_ or _deed of murder_: gen. pl.
morð-beala, 136.
morðor, st. n. , _deed of violence, murder_: dat. instr. sg. morðre, 893,
1265, 2783; gen. sg. morðres, 2056; morðres scyldig (_guilty of murder_),
1684.
morðor-bed, st. n. , _bed of death, murder-bed_: acc. sg. wæs þām yldestan
. . . morðor-bed strēd (_a bed of death was spread for the eldest_, i. e.
through murder his death-bed was prepared), 2437.
morðor-bealu, st. n. , _death-bale, destruction by murder_: acc. sg.
morðor-bealo, 1080, 2743.
morðor-hete, st. m. , _murderous hate_: gen. sg. þæs morðor-hetes, 1106.
morgen, morn, mergen, st. m. , _morning, forenoon_; also _morrow_: nom. sg.
morgen, 1785, 2125; (_morrow_), 2104; acc. sg. on morgen (_in the
morning_), 838; dat. sg. on morgne, 2485; on mergenne, 565, 2940; gen. pl.
morna gehwylce (_every morning_), 2451.
morgen-ceald, adj. , _morning-cold, dawn-cold_: nom. sg. gār morgen-ceald
(_spear chilled by the early air of morn_), 3023.
morgen-lang, adj. , _lasting through the morning_: acc. sg. morgen-longne
dæg (_the whole forenoon_), 2895.
morgen-lēoht, st. n. , _morning-light_: nom. sg. , 605, 918.
morgen-swēg, st. m. , _morning-cry, cry at morn_: nom. sg. , 129.
morgen-tīd, st. f. , _morning-tide_: acc. sg. on morgen-tīde, 484, 818(? )
morn. See morgen.
mōd, st. n. : 1) _heart, soul, spirit, mood, mind, manner of thinking_: nom.
sg. , 50, 731; wǣfre mōd (_the flicker ing spirit, the fading breath_),
1151; acc. sg. on mōd (_into his mind_), 67; dat. instr. sg. mōde geþungen
(_of mature, lofty spirit_), 625; on mōde (_in heart, mind_), 754, 1845,
2282? 2528; on hrēoum mōde (_fierce of spirit_), 2582; gen. sg. modes, 171,
811, 1707; modes blīðe (_gracious-minded, kindly disposed_), 436; so, mōdes
milde, 1230; mōdes sēoce (_depressed in mind_), 1604. --2) _boldness,
courage_: nom. and acc. sg. , 1058, 1168. 3) _passion, fierceness_: nom.
sg. , 549. --Comp. form adj. : galg-, geōmor-, glæd-, gūð-, hrēoh-, sārig-,
stīð-, swīð-, wērig-, yrre-mōd.
mōd-cearu, st. f. , _grief of heart_: acc. sg. mōd-ceare, 1993, 3150.
mōd-gehygd, st. f . , _thought of the heart; mind_: instr. pl. mōd-gehygdum,
233
mōd-ge-þanc, st. n. , _mood-thought, meditation_: acc. sg. mōd-ge-þonc,
1730.
mōd-giōmor, adj. , _grieved at heart, dejected_: nom. sg. , 2895.
mōdig, adj. , _courageous_: nom. sg. , 605, 1644, 1813, 2758; hē þæs (þǣm,
MS. ) mōdig wæs (_had the courage for it_), 1509; se mōdega, 814; dat. sg.
mid þām mōdigan, 3012; gen. sg. mōdges, 502; mōdiges, 2699; Gēata lēod
georne truwode mōdgan mægnes (_trusted firmly in his bold strength_), 671;
nom. pl. mōdge, 856; mōdige, 1877; gen. pl. mōdigra, 312, 1889. --Comp,
fela-mōdig.
mōdig-līc, adj. , _of bold appearance_: compar. acc. pl. mōdiglīcran, 337.
mōd-lufe, w. f. , _hearts affection, love_: gen. sg. þīnre mōd-lufan, 1824.
mōd-sefa, w. m.
mēd, st. f. , _meed, reward_: acc. sg. mēde, 2135; dat. sg. mēde, 2147; gen.
pl. mēda, 1179.
ge-mēde, st. n. , _approval, permission_ (Grein): acc. pl. ge-mēdu, 247.
mēðe, adj. , _tired, exhausted, dejected_: in comp. hyge-, sǣ-mēðe.
mētan, w. v. , _to meet, find, fall in with_: with acc. , pret. pl. syððan
Æscheres . . . hafelan mētton, 1422; subj. pret. sg. þæt hē ne mētte . . . on
elran man mundgripe māran (_that he never met, in any other man, with a
mightier hand-grip_), 752.
ge-mētan, with acc. , the same: pret. sg. gemētte, 758, 2786; pl. næs þā
long tō þon, þæt þā āglǣcean hȳ eft gemētton (_it was not long after that
the warriors again met each other_), 2593.
ge-mēting, st. f. , _meeting, hostile coming together_: nom. sg. , 2002.
mēagol, adj. , _mighty, immense; formal, solemn_: instr. pl. mēaglum wordum,
1981.
mearc, st. f. , _frontier, limit, end_: dat. sg. tō mearce (_the end of
life_), 2385. --Comp. Weder-mearc, 298.
ge-mearc, st. n. , _measure, distance_: comp. fōt-, mīl-ge-mearc.
mearcian, w. v. , _to mark, stain_: pres. ind. sg. mearcað mōrhopu (_will
stain, mark, the moor with the blood of the corpse_), 450.
ge-mearcian, the same: pret. part. (Cain) morðre gemearcod (_murder-marked_
[cf. 1 Book Mos. IV. 15]), 1265; swā wæs on þǣm scennum . . . gemearcod . . .
hwām þæt sweord geworht wǣre (_engraved for whom the sword had been
wrought_), 1696.
mearc-stapa, w. m. , _march-strider, frontier-haunter_ (applied to Grendel
and his mother): nom. sg. , 103; acc. pl. mearc-stapan, 1349.
mearh, st. m. , _horse, steed_: nom. pl. mēaras, 2164; acc. pl. mēaras, 866,
1036; dat. pl. inst. mēarum, 856, 918; mēarum and māðmum, 1049, 1899; gen.
pl. mēara and māðma, 2167.
mearn. See murnan.
meodu. See medu.
meoto. See met.
meotud. See metod.
meowle, w. f. , _maiden_: comp. geō-meowle.
micel, adj. , _great, huge, long_ (of time): nom. sg. m. , 129, 502; fem. ,
67, 146, 170; neut. , 772; acc. sg. m. micelne, 3099; fem, micle, 1779,
3092; neut. micel, 270, 1168. The comp. māre must be supplied before þone
in: medo-ærn micel . . . (māre) þone yldo beam ǣfre ge-frūnon, 69; instr. sg.
ge-trume micle, 923; micle (_by much, much_); micle lēofre (_far dearer_),
2652; efne swā micle (lǣssa), (_[less] even by so much_), 1284; oftor micle
(_much oftener_), 1580; dat. sg, weak form miclan, 2850; gen. sg. miclan,
979. The gen. sg. micles is an adv. = _much, very_: micles wyrðne gedōn
(_deem worthy of much_, i. e. honor very highly), 2186; tō fela micles (_far
too much, many_), 695; acc. pl. micle, 1349. Compar. , see māra.
mid, I. prep. w. dat. , instr. , and acc. , signifying preëminently _union,
community, with_, hence: 1) w. dat. : a) _with, in company, community,
with_; mid Finne, 1129; mid Hrōðgāre, 1593; mid scip-herge, 243; mid
gesīðum (_with his comrades_), 1314; so, 1318, 1964, 2950, etc. ; mid his
frēo-drihtne, 2628; mid þǣm lācum (_with the gifts_), 1869; so, 2789, 125;
mid hǣle (_with good luck! _), 1218; mid bǣle fōr (_sped off amid fire_),
2309. The prep. postponed: him mid (_with him, in his company_), 41; _with
him_, 1626; ne wæs him Fitela mid (_was not with him_), 890. b) _with,
among_: mid Gēatum (_among the Gēatas_), 195, 2193, 2624; mid Scyldingum,
274; mid Eotenum, 903; mid yldum (eldum), 77, 2612; mid him (_with, among,
one another_), 2949. In temporal sense: mid ǣr-dæge (_at dawn_), 126. --2)
_with, with the help of, through_, w. dat. : mid ār-stafum (_through his
grace_), 317; so, 2379; mid grāpe (_with the fist_), 438; so, 1462, 2721;
mid his hete-þoncum (_through his hatred_), 475; mid sweorde, 574; so,
1660, 2877; mid gemete (_through, by, his power_), 780; so, 1220, 2536,
2918; mid gōde (_with benefits_), 1185; mid hearme (_with harm, insult_),
1893; mid þǣre sorge (_with [through? ] this sorrow_), 2469; mid rihte (_by
rights_), 2057. With instr. : mid þȳ wīfe (_through [marriage with] the
woman_), 2029. --3) w. acc. , _with, in community, company, with_: mid his
eorla gedriht, 357; so, 634, 663, 1673; mid hine, 880; mid mīnne
gold-gyfan, 2653.
II. adv. , mid, _thereamong, in the company_, 1643; _at the same time,
likewise_, 1650.
middan-geard, st. m. , _globe, earth_: acc. sg. , 75, 1772; dat. sg. on
middan-gearde, 2997; gen. sg. middan-geardes, 504, 752.
midde, w. f. , _middle = medius_: dat. sg. on middan (_through the middle,
in two_), 2706; gen. sg. (adv. ) tō-middes (_in the midst_), 3142.
middel-niht, st. f. , _midnight_: dat. pl. middel-nihtum, 2783, 2834.
miht, st. f. , _might, power, authority_: acc. sg. þurh drihtnes miht
(_through the Lord's help, power_), 941; instr. pl. selfes mihtum, 701.
mihtig, adj. : 1) _physically strong, powerful_: acc. sg. mihtig mere-dēor,
558; mere-wīf mihtig, 1520.
--2) _possessing authority, mighty_: nom. sg.
mihtig god, 702, 1717, 1726; dat. sg. mihtigan drihtne, 1399. --Comp. : æl-,
fore-mihtig.
milde, adj. , _kind, gracious, generous_: nom. sg. mōdes milde
(_kind-hearted_), 1230; instr. pl. mildum wordum (_graciously_), 1173.
Superl. nom. sg. worold-cyning mannum mildust (_a king most liberal to
men_), 3183.
milts, st. f. , _kindness, benevolence_: nom. sg. , 2922.
missan, w. v. with gen. , _to miss, err in_: pret. sg. miste mercelses
(_missed the mark_), 2440.
missēre, st. n. , _space of a semester, half a year_: gen. pl. hund missēra
(_fifty winters_), 2734, 2210; generally, _a long period of time, season_,
1499, 1770; fela missēra, 153, 2621.
mist-hlið, st. n. , _misty cliff, cloud-capped slope_: dat. pl. under
mist-hleoðum, 711.
mistig, adj. , _misty_: acc. pl. mistige mōras, 162.
mīl-gemearc, st. n. , _measure by miles_: gen. sg. mīl-gemearces, 1363.
mīn: 1) poss. pron. , _my, mine_, 255, 345, etc. ; Hygelāc mīn (_my lord_, or
_king, H. _), 2435. --2) gen. sg. of pers. pron. ic, _of me_, 2085, 2534,
etc.
molde, w. f. , _dust; earth, field_: in comp. græs-molde.
mon. See man.
ge-mong. See ge-mang.
morð-bealu, st. n. , _murder, deadly hale_ or _deed of murder_: gen. pl.
morð-beala, 136.
morðor, st. n. , _deed of violence, murder_: dat. instr. sg. morðre, 893,
1265, 2783; gen. sg. morðres, 2056; morðres scyldig (_guilty of murder_),
1684.
morðor-bed, st. n. , _bed of death, murder-bed_: acc. sg. wæs þām yldestan
. . . morðor-bed strēd (_a bed of death was spread for the eldest_, i. e.
through murder his death-bed was prepared), 2437.
morðor-bealu, st. n. , _death-bale, destruction by murder_: acc. sg.
morðor-bealo, 1080, 2743.
morðor-hete, st. m. , _murderous hate_: gen. sg. þæs morðor-hetes, 1106.
morgen, morn, mergen, st. m. , _morning, forenoon_; also _morrow_: nom. sg.
morgen, 1785, 2125; (_morrow_), 2104; acc. sg. on morgen (_in the
morning_), 838; dat. sg. on morgne, 2485; on mergenne, 565, 2940; gen. pl.
morna gehwylce (_every morning_), 2451.
morgen-ceald, adj. , _morning-cold, dawn-cold_: nom. sg. gār morgen-ceald
(_spear chilled by the early air of morn_), 3023.
morgen-lang, adj. , _lasting through the morning_: acc. sg. morgen-longne
dæg (_the whole forenoon_), 2895.
morgen-lēoht, st. n. , _morning-light_: nom. sg. , 605, 918.
morgen-swēg, st. m. , _morning-cry, cry at morn_: nom. sg. , 129.
morgen-tīd, st. f. , _morning-tide_: acc. sg. on morgen-tīde, 484, 818(? )
morn. See morgen.
mōd, st. n. : 1) _heart, soul, spirit, mood, mind, manner of thinking_: nom.
sg. , 50, 731; wǣfre mōd (_the flicker ing spirit, the fading breath_),
1151; acc. sg. on mōd (_into his mind_), 67; dat. instr. sg. mōde geþungen
(_of mature, lofty spirit_), 625; on mōde (_in heart, mind_), 754, 1845,
2282? 2528; on hrēoum mōde (_fierce of spirit_), 2582; gen. sg. modes, 171,
811, 1707; modes blīðe (_gracious-minded, kindly disposed_), 436; so, mōdes
milde, 1230; mōdes sēoce (_depressed in mind_), 1604. --2) _boldness,
courage_: nom. and acc. sg. , 1058, 1168. 3) _passion, fierceness_: nom.
sg. , 549. --Comp. form adj. : galg-, geōmor-, glæd-, gūð-, hrēoh-, sārig-,
stīð-, swīð-, wērig-, yrre-mōd.
mōd-cearu, st. f. , _grief of heart_: acc. sg. mōd-ceare, 1993, 3150.
mōd-gehygd, st. f . , _thought of the heart; mind_: instr. pl. mōd-gehygdum,
233
mōd-ge-þanc, st. n. , _mood-thought, meditation_: acc. sg. mōd-ge-þonc,
1730.
mōd-giōmor, adj. , _grieved at heart, dejected_: nom. sg. , 2895.
mōdig, adj. , _courageous_: nom. sg. , 605, 1644, 1813, 2758; hē þæs (þǣm,
MS. ) mōdig wæs (_had the courage for it_), 1509; se mōdega, 814; dat. sg.
mid þām mōdigan, 3012; gen. sg. mōdges, 502; mōdiges, 2699; Gēata lēod
georne truwode mōdgan mægnes (_trusted firmly in his bold strength_), 671;
nom. pl. mōdge, 856; mōdige, 1877; gen. pl. mōdigra, 312, 1889. --Comp,
fela-mōdig.
mōdig-līc, adj. , _of bold appearance_: compar. acc. pl. mōdiglīcran, 337.
mōd-lufe, w. f. , _hearts affection, love_: gen. sg. þīnre mōd-lufan, 1824.
mōd-sefa, w. m.
