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.