,
_thought
of the heart; mind_: instr.
Beowulf
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. , _thought of the heart; brave, bold temper; courage_: nom.
sg. , 349, 1854, 2629; acc. sg. mōd-sefan, 2013; dat. sg. mōd-sefan, 180.
mōd-þracu, st. f. , _boldness, courage, strength of mind_: dat. sg. for his
mōd-þræce, 385.
mōdor, f. , _mother_: nom. sg. , 1259, 1277, 1283, 1684, 2119; acc. sg.
mōdor, 1539, 2140, 2933.
mōna, w. m. , _moon_: gen. sg. mōnan, 94.
mōr, st. m. , _moor, morass, swamp_: acc. sg. ofer myrcan mōr, 1406; dat.
sg. of mōre, 711; acc. pl. mōras, 103, 162, 1349.
mōr-hop, st. n. , _place of refuge in the moor, hiding-place in the swamp_:
acc. pl. mōr-hopu, 450.
ge-mōt, st. n. , _meeting_: in comp. hand-, torn-ge-mōt.
mōtan, pret. -pres. v. : 1) _power_ or _permission to have something, to be
permitted; may, can_: pres. sg. I. , III. mōt, 186, 442, 604; II. mōst,
1672; pl. mōton, 347, 365, 395; pres. subj. ic mōte, 431; III. sē þe mōte,
1388; pret sg. mōste, 168, 707, 736, 895, 1488, 1999, 2242, 2505, etc. ; pl.
mōston, 1629, 1876, 2039, 2125, 2248; pres. subj. sg. II. þæt þū hine
selfne gesēon mōste (_mightest see_), 962. --2) _shall, must, be obliged_:
pres. sg. mōt, 2887; pret. sg. mōste, 1940; þǣr hē þȳ fyrste forman dōgore
wealdan mōste, swā him Wyrd ne gescrāf, hrēð æt hilde (_if he must for the
first time that day be victorious, as Fate had denied him victory_, cf.
2681, 2683 seqq. ), 2575.
ge-munan, pret. -pres. v. , _to have in mind, be mindful; remember, think
of_, w. acc. : pres. sg. hine gearwe geman witena wēl-hwylc (_each of the
knowing ones still remembers him well_), 265; ic þē þæs lēan geman (_I
shall not forget thy reward for this_), 1221; ic þæt eall gemon (_I
remember all that_), 2428; so, 1702, 2043; gif hē þæt eall gemon hwæt . . .
(_if he is mindful of all that which_ . . . ), 1186; ic þæt mǣl gemon hwǣr. . .
(_I remember the time when_. . . ), 2634; pret. sg. w. gemunde. . . ǣfen-sprǣce
(_recalled his evening speech_), 759; so, 871, 1130, 1260, 1271, 1291,
2115, 2432, 2607, 2679; sē þæs lēod-hryres lēan ge-munde (_was mindful of
reward for the fall of the ruler_), 2392; þæt hē Eotena bearn inne gemunde
(_that he in this should remember, take vengeance on, the children of the
Eotens_), 1142; so, hond gemunde fǣhðo genōge (_his hand remembered strife
enough_), 2490; ne ge-munde mago Ecglāfes þæt . . . (_remembered not that
which_ . . . ), 1466; pret. pl. helle gemundon in mōd-sefan (_their thoughts_
[as heathens] _fixed themselves on, remembered, hell_), 179.
on-munan, w. acc. pers. and gen. of thing, _to admonish, exhort_: pret. sg.
onmunde ūsic mǣrða (_exhorted us to deeds of glory_), 2641.
mund, st. f. , _hand_: instr. pl. mundum, mid mundum, 236, 514, 1462, 3023,
3092.
mund-bora, w. m. , _protector, guardian, preserver_: nom. sg. , 1481, 2780.
mund-gripe, st. m. , _hand-grip, seizure_: acc. sg. mund-gripe, 754; dat.
sg. mund-gripe, 380, 1535; æfter mund-gripe (_after having seized the
criminal_), 1939.
murnan, st. v. , _to shrink from, be afraid of, avoid_: pret. sg. nō mearn
fore fǣhðe and fyrene, 136; so, 1538; nalles for ealdre mearn (_was not
apprehensive for his life_), 1443. --2) _to mourn, grieve_: pres. part. him
wæs . . . murnende mōd, 50; pres. subj. , þonne hē fela murne (_than that he
should mourn much_), 1386.
be-murnan, be-meornan, with acc. , _to mourn over_: pret. be-mearn, 908,
1078.
murn-līce. See un-murn-līce.
mūð-bana, w. m. , _mouth-destroyer_: dat. sg. tō mūð-bonan (of Grendel
because he bit his victim to death), 2080.
mūða, w. m. , _mouth, entrance_: acc. sg. recedes mūðan (_mouth of the
house, door_), 725.
ge-mynd, st. f. , _memory, memorial, remembrance_: dat. pl. tō gemyndum,
2805, 3017. See weorð-mynd.
myhdgian, w. v. , _to call to mind, remember_: pres. sg.