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men. See man.

mene, st. m. , _neck ornament, necklace, collar_: acc. sg. , 1200.

mengan, w. v. , _to mingle, unite, with_, w. acc. of thing: inf. sē þe
mere-grundas mengan scolde, 1450.

ge-mengan, _to mix with, commingle_: pret. part. 849, 1594.

menigu, st. f. , _multitude, many_: nom. and acc. sg. māðma menigeo
(_multitude of treasures, presents_), 2144; so, mænigo, 41.

mercels, st. m. , _mark, aim_: gen. sg. mercelses, 2440.

mere, st. m. , _sea, ocean_: nom. sg. se mere, 1363; acc. sg. on mere, 1131,
1604; on nicera mere, 846; dat. sg. fram mere, 856.

mere-dēor, st. n. , _sea-beast_: acc. sg. , 558.

mere-fara, w. m. , _seafarer_: gen. sg. mere-faran, 502.

mere-fix, st. m. , _sea-fish_: gen. pl. mere-fixa (_the whale_, cf. 540,
549.

mere-grund, st. m. , _sea-bottom_: acc. sg. , 2101; acc. pl. mere-grundas,
1450.

mere-hrægl, st. n. , _-sea-garment_, i. e. , sail: gen. pl. mere-hrægla sum,
1906.

mere-līðend, pres. part. , _moving on the sea, sailor_: nom. pl.
mere-līðende, 255.

mere-strǣt, st. f. , _sea-street, way over the sea_: acc. pl. mere-strǣta
514.

mere-strengo, st. f. , _sea-power, strength in the sea_: acc. sg. , 533.

mere-wīf, st. n. , _sea-woman, mer-woman_: acc. sg. (of Grendel's mother),
1520.

mergen. See morgen.

met, st. n. , _thought, intention_ (cf. metian = meditari): acc. pl. onsǣl
meoto, 489 (meaning doubtful; see Bugge, Journal 8, 292; Dietrich, Haupt's
Zeits. 11, 411; Körner, Eng. Stud. 2, 251).

ge-met, st. n. , _an apportioned share; might, power, ability _: nom. sg.
nis þæt . . . gemet mannes nefne mīn ānes (_nobody, myself excepted, can do
that_), 2534; acc. sg. ofer mīn gemet (_beyond my power_), 2880; dat. sg.
mid gemete, 780.

ge-met, adj. , _well-measured, meet, good_: nom. sg. swā him gemet þince
(þūhte), (_as seemed meet to him_), 688, 3058. See un-gemete, adv.

metan, st. v. , _to measure, pass over_ or _along_: pret. pl. fealwe strǣte
mēarum mǣton (_measured the yellow road with their horses_), 918; so, 514,
1634.

ge-metan, the same: pret. sg. medu-stīg gemæt. (_measured, walked over, the
road to the mead-hall_), 925.

metod, st. m. (the measuring, arranging) _Creator, God_: nom. sg. , 110,
707, 968, 1058, 2528; scīr metod, 980; sōð metod, 1612; acc. sg. metod,
180; dat. sg. metode, 169, 1779; gen. sg. metodes, 671. --Comp. eald-metod.

metod-sceaft, st. f. : 1) _the Creator's determination, divine purpose,
fate_: acc. sg. -sceaft, 1078. --2) _the Creators glory_: acc. sg.
metod-sceaft sēon (i. e. die), 1181; dat. sg. tō metod-sceafte, 2816.

mēce, st. m. , _sword_: nom. sg. , 1939; acc. sg. mēce, 2048; brādne mēce,
2979; gen. sg. mēces, 1766, 1813, 2615, 2940; dat. pl. instr. mēcum, 565;
gen. pl. 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.