“A _mes_ you of malice, but a mene qwile.” --(T. B. 12842.) Messe, mass, service, A. 497. Messeȝ, messes (of meat), B. 637. Mester, need, B. 67; C. 342. Mesure, measure, moderation, A. 224; B. 215, 247, 565; C. 295. Mesurable, mild, temperate, B. 859. Metalles, B. 1513. Mete, meat, food, applied to an apple, A. 641. Meten, to measure, A. 1032. {Meth, Meþe,} moderation, mildness, pity, B. 247, 436, 565. “And Mari ledd hir life with _methe_ In a toun that hiht Nazarethe.” --(Met. Hom. p. 107.) A.S. _mæthian_, to measure, estimate, use gently; _mæth_, measure, degree; _mæthlic_, kind, courteous. N.Prov.E. _meedless_, without measure, immoderate. Meþeleȝ, immoderate, B. 273. Mette, measure, B. 625. Metȝ = mese (?), pity, B. 215. Meuande, moving, B. 783. Meue, move, A. 156; B. 303. Meuen (_3rd pers. pl. pres._), move, A. 64. See T. B. 384. Meyny, labourers, servants, A. 542; household, B. 331; company, A. 892, 899, 925; B. 454; C. 10. Miry, pleasant, C. 32. Misschapen (monstrous), wicked, B. 1355. Mistrauthe, unbelief, B. 996. Mo, more, A. 870, 1194; B. 674. {Mod, Mode,} = mood, pride, A. 401, 738; B. 565, 764. Moder, mother, A. 435. {Modey, Mody,} = proud, haughty, B. 1303; C. 422. Mokke, muck, dirt, A. 905. Mol = mul, dust, A. 382. Flem. _mul_, _gemul_, dust. Du. _mullen_, to crumble. Pl. D. _mull_, loose earth, dust. Cf. “peat-_mull_,” the dust and fragments of peat. (Brockett.) Molde, earth, B. 279; _moldeȝ_, lands, B. 454; “_on molde_,” on earth, B. 514, 1114; “_in moldeȝ_,” in earth, C. 494. A.S. _molde_, mould, earth. Goth. _mulda_. O.H.G. _molta_. Dan. _muld_. “Loo! here the duchez dere to daye was cho takyne, Depe dolvene and dede, dyked _in moldez_.” --(Morte Arthure, p. 82.) Mon, man, A. 310. Mon, moan, sorrow, A. 374. Mone, moon, A. 923. Monkynd, mankind, B. 564. Mon-sworne, perjury, B. 182. Other forms of this word are _main-sworn_, _man-sworn_. O.H.Ger. _meinsweridi_, perjury, from _main_, _mein_, spot, stain, injury, impure, bad. O.N. _mein_, sore, crime. Mony, many, A. 572; B. 1164. Monyth, month, B. 493, 1030. Moon, moan, sorrow, B. 373. Moote = mote, spot, blemish, A. 948. Mor, moor, B. 385, 1673. A.S. _mór_, a moor, heath. Morehond, more, A. 475. Cf. _nerehande_, near; _betuixande_, betwixt. {Morn, Morne,} morning, B. 493; morrow, B. 1001. Mornyf, mournful, A. 386. Mornyng, _sb._ mourning, A. 262. Morteres, mortars, B. 1487. {Most, Moste,} greatest, B. 254, 385. Mot, must, may, A. 397, 663. {Mot, Mote,} spot, blemish, sin, A. 764, 843, 855. Du. _mot_, dust. Mote, _vb._ speak to, A. 613. A.S. _mótian_, to moot, debate. Then Medea with mowthe _motys_ thus agayne. T. B. 610. Mote, building, dwelling, abode, A. 142, 936, 937, 948, 949; city, C. 422. _Mote_ signifies a hill, mound, moat, and hence a city on a hill (?). Mid. Lat.