{ Low, Lowe, } (1) law, 1602, 1628, 1636, etc. (2) love, 29, 1620. It is sometimes hard to say which is meant. Compare Dan. _lov_, law; A.S. _luf_, love. Luges, tents, 874, 881, 2500, 2680. Fr. _loge_, _logis_; Ger. _laube_, a bower, from _laub_, foliage; Gothic _laúf_, a leaf. Lugyne, a lodging, tent, 891. Lyt, a little, 1233. At lyte, in little, used as an expletive, 143. Ma, short form of Make, 953. Maad, made, 697. Magre of, in spite of, 500, 960, 2679, 2702, 2711. Sometimes “magre” is found without “of.” Fr. _mal gré_. { Matalent, Matelent, } displeasure, anger, 2169, 2660. In both cases Mr Stevenson wrongly has _maltalent_. R. _maltalent, mautalent_. Mayne, 1026. See _Men_. Medyre, mediator (?), 1624. I am not at all sure of this word, but we find in R. many strange forms of “mediator,” such as _méener, méeisneres_, etc. In the Supplement to the “Dictionnaire de l’Academie” we find _mediaire_, qui occupe le milieu, from Low Lat. _mediarius_. N.B. In the MS. the “d” is indistinct. See _mediare_ in Ducange. Meit, to dream, 363. A.S. _mætan_. Mekill, much, 876, 1236. Mokil, 1265. Melle, contest, battle, 2619. Fr. _melée_, J. Memoratyve, mindful, bearing in remembrance, 1430. Fr. _mémoratif_. Men, mean, way; “be ony men” = by any means, 2366; so, too, “be ony mayne,” 1026. Fr. _moyen_. Men, to tell, declare, 510. A.S. _mænan_. Menye, a company, multitude (without special reference to number); whence “a few menye,” a small company, 751. Apparently from A.S. _menigu_; Ger. _menge_; but it may have nothing to do with the modern word _many_, and is more probably from the O.F. _maisnée_, a household. Met, dreamt, 440. See _Meit_. Meyne, 41. See _Men_. Misgyit, misguided, 1663. R. _guier_. Mo, more, 3187, etc. A.S. _má_. Mon, man, 96. Moneth, month, 569. A.S. _mónáð_; Goth. _menoth_. Morow, morning, 1, 30, 64, 341. Goth. _maúrgins_. Mot, must, 195. A.S. _ic mót_. Mys, a fault, 1888, 1937, 3230. A.S. _mis_. Do o myß, to commit a fault, 1926. Mysour, measure, 1830. Myster, need, 1877, 2322. Ch. _mistere_; R. _mester_; Lat. _ministerium_. Cf. Ital. _mestiere_.