Medicine, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 88 Meding, _sb._ == reward, meed. Alys. 5533 Medlay, _sb._ == tumult, conflict. Alys. 4612. Fr. medlée; from medler, to mix Meed, _sb._ RG. 437, 503. AS. méd Meek, _adj._ RG. 435 ---- _v. a._ == make meek. Ps. ix. 31 Meekhede, _sb._ RG. 389 Meekly, _adj._ Cok. 142. Ps. cxxx. 2 Meekness. Ps. ix. 14 Meet, _adj._ == fit, proper. Wright’s L. P. p. 36. AS. gemét Meet, _v. a._ == HD. 1810; [imete]. Rel. S. v. 205. AS. métan ---- _v. n._ == with reflexive dat. of pron. ‘to gadere hem sone mette.’ RG. 400 Meeting, _sb._ == encounter. Alys. 2697, 6747 Mei, _sb._ == male relation. Rel. S. v. 162. M. Ode, st. 15. AS. mæg. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ, iii. 441 Mein, _v. a._ == mingle. O. and N. 943. part. ‘meind.’ O. and N. 131. ‘imeind.’ O. and N. 18. AS. mengian, pret. ‘meinde’ Meld, _v. a._ == make mild. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210 Mele, _v. n._ == speak. HD. 2059. AS. mǽlan. ON. mæla Mell, _v. a._ == mix, mingle, part. ‘imelled.’ 276 β Fr. medler Melody, _sb._ 381 β Member, _sb._ RG. 560 Menage, _sb._ == family. Alys. 2087. Fr. manage, from ‘manoir,’ to remain Mend, _v. a._ == amend. Marg. 24; [mand]. Wright’s L. P. p. 44 Mending, _sb._ == remedy. Alys. 5206 Menge. See Ming Menison, _sb._ == dysentery. RG. 568. Fr. menison, menoison Menske, _adj._ == gracious. RG. 33. From AS. mennisc, human; cf. our double sense of ‘humanity’ ---- _sb._ == grace, civility. Wright’s L. P. p. 37 ---- _v. a._ == treat graciously. Ritson’s AS. viii. 83 Menskful, _adj._ == gracious. Wright’s L. P. p. 51 Merchandise, _sb._ RG. 99 Merchant, _sb._ Alys. 704 Merciful, _adj._ Ps. cxliv. 8 Mercy, _sb._ RG. 370; to ‘do into mercy’ == force a man to beg his life. RG. 539 Mere, _adj._ [mire]. O. and N. 1739 ---- _adv._ == merely, entirely. O. and N. 496 Mere, _sb._ == a boundary. Ps. ii. 8. AS. ge-mǽre Mere, _adj._ == famous, beautiful, noble. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. M. Ode, 196. AS. mǽra Merksoot, _sb._ == distance between two limits. Ritson’s AS. viii. 31. See Wyntoun, ix. 47 Merrily, _adv._ [murdly]. Body and Soul, 17 Merry, _adj._ 141 β; [miri]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 118; comp. ‘murgore.’ RG. 190, 281; sup. ‘murgost.’ RG. 349. AS. mergð ---- _v. n._ == to be merry, 3 s. pres. ‘murgeth.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 45 ---- _v. a._ == make merry. Wright’s L. P. p. 44 Mes, _sb._ == meal, mess. Body and Soul, 137, Sermon 6. AS. mesan, to eat Message, _sb._ 2020 B. Messegere, _sb._ == apparatus of the Mass. See Massgear Messenger, _sb._ RG. 475, 505 Mestere, _sb._ == craft. K. Horn, 235. Fr. maistrie. Lat. magister Mestere, _sb._ == trade, profession. Alys. 6719. Fr. métier. Lat. ministerium. ‘Of all mestere men’ == of all sorts of men. Rel. Ant. i. 115. Mestre--‘with the mestre’ == with need, or with craft. Alys. 5466 Metal, _sb._ RG. 6; [matel]. Alys. 6242 Mete, _v. n._ == dream. K. Horn, 1458. pret. ‘mette.’ Judas 8. AS. mætan Meth, _sb._ == respect. Wright’s L. P. p. 103. AS. mæð