mærðu, st. f.: 1) _glory, a heroes fame_: nom. sg. 858; acc. sg. mærðo, 660, 688; acc. pl. mærða, 2997; instr. pl. mærðum (_gloriously_), 2515: gen. pl. mærða, 504, 1531.--2) _deed of glory, heroism_: acc. sg. mærðo, 2135; gen. pl. mærða, 408, 2646.--Comp. ellen-mærðu. mære, adj., _memorable; celebrated, noble; well known, notorious_: nom. sg. m. mære, 103, 129, 1716, 1762; se mæra, 763, 2012, 2588; also as vocative m. se mæra, 1475; nom. fem. mæru, 2017; mære, 1953; neut. mære, 2406; acc. sg. m. mærne, 36, 201, 353, 1599, 2385, 2722, 2789, 3099; neut. mære, 1024; dat. sg. mærum, 345, 1302, 1993, 2080, 2573; tô þäm mæran, 270; gen. sg. mæres, 798; mæran, 1730; nom. pl. mære, 3071; superl. mærost, 899,--Comp.: fore-, heaðo-mære. mæst. See mâra. mæte, adj., _moderate, small_: superl. nom. sg. mætost, 1456. mecg, mäcg, st. m., _son, youth, man_. in comp. hilde-, oret-mecg, wräc-mäcg. medla. See on-medla. medu, st. m., _mead_: acc. sg. medu, 2634; dat. sg. tô medo, 605. medo-ärn, st. n., _mead-hall_: acc. sg. medo-ärn (Heorot), 69. medu-benc, st. f., _mead-bench, bench in the mead-hall_: nom. sg. medu-benc, 777; dat. sg. medu-bence, 1053; medo-bence, 1068, 2186; meodu-bence, 1903. medu-dreám, st. m., _mead-joy, joyous carousing during mead-drinking_: acc. sg. 2017. medo-ful, st. n., _mead-cup_: acc. sg. 625, 1016. medo-heal, st. f., _mead-hall_: nom. sg., 484; dat. sg. meodu-healle, 639. medu-scenc, st. m., _mead-can, vessel_: instr. pl. meodu-scencum, 1981. medu-seld, st. n., _mead-seat, mead-house_: acc. sg., 3066. medo-setl, st. n., _mead-seat upon which one sits mead-drinking_: gen. pl. meodo-setla, 5. medo-stîg, st. f., _mead-road, road to the mead-hall_: acc. sg. medo-stîg, 925. medo-wang, st. m., _mead-field_ (where the mead-hall stood): acc. pl. medo-wongas, 1644. meðel, st. n., _assembly, council_: dat. sg. on meðle, 1877. meðel-stede, st. m., (properly _place of speech, judgment-seat_), here _meeting-place, battle-field_ (so, also 425, the battle is conceived under the figure of a parliament or convention): dat. sg. on þäm meðel-stede, 1083. meðel-word, st. n., _words called forth at a discussion; address_: instr. pl. meðel-wordum, 236. melda, w. m., _finder, informer, betrayer_: gen. sg. þäs meldan, 2406. meltan, st. v. intrans., _to consume by fire, melt or waste away_: inf., 3012; pret. sg. mealt, 2327; pl. multon, 1121. ge-meltan, the same: pret. sg. gemealt, 898, 1609, 1616; ne gemealt him se môd-sefa (_his courage did not desert him_), 2629. 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. se 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. mâðma menigeo (_multitude of treasures, presents_), 2144; so, mänigo, 41. mercels, st. m., _mark, aim_: gen. sg. mercelses, 2440.