A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 83

Maundy, _sb._ == duty, commandment; [mande]. 359 . Lat. mandatum

Maveis, _adj._ == bad. RG. 537. Fr. mauvais

Maw, _sb._ == stomach. RG. 311; [mahe]. Rel. S. v. 171

Mawmet, _sb._ == idol. RG. 14. Probably the word originally meant a scare-crow, a bundle of clouts or rags, from the verb 'maim.' See Prof.

Key's remarks on this word, Phil. Soc. Trans. 1856, p. 245.

May, _sb._ == maiden. Wright's L. P. p. 26, 28. AS. maeg.

May, _vb._ O. and N. 1622; [mowe]. RG. 454; [muhe]. O. and N. 1579; [mu?e]. O. and N. 62. 3 pl. pres. 'mahen.' Rel. S. iv. 74. pret. 'my?te.'

RG. 377

May, _sb._ (the month) [ma ?] Ritson's AS. viii. 146; [me ?] Wright's L.

P. p. 61

Maynage, _sb._ == suite, attendants. RG. 183

Mayor, _sb._ [mor]. RG. 542

Maze, _sb._ == folly. RG. 322, 498

Mazed, _adj._ == drunk. Ps. lx.x.xvii. 65

Me, == May? Wright's L. P. p. 61

Me, with verbs,--as 'me ne dorste,' they did not dare. RG. 367, et pa.s.sim

Me. See I

Mead, _sb._ == meadow. RG. 496; [maied]. Alys. 7323. AS. m?d

Meal, _sb._ == ground corn. HD. 780. AS. melu

Meal, _sb._ == repast. RG. 496; pl. 'meals.' Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. AS. m?l

Mean, _v. a._ == signify. HD. 597. AS. maenan

---- _v. n._ == intend, part. 'yment.' Alys. 4570

Measurable, _adj._ == just. Alys. 7050

Meat, _sb._ RG. 389. AS. mete

Meatless, _adj._ RG. 252

Medicine, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 88

Meding, _sb._ == reward, meed. Alys. 5533

Medlay, _sb._ == tumult, conflict. Alys. 4612. Fr. medlee; from medler, to mix

Meed, _sb._ RG. 437, 503. AS. med

Meek, _adj._ RG. 435

---- _v. a._ == make meek. Ps. ix. 31

Meekhede, _sb._ RG. 389

Meekly, _adj._ c.o.k. 142. Ps. cx.x.x. 2

Meekness. Ps. ix. 14

Meet, _adj._ == fit, proper. Wright's L. P. p. 36. AS. gemet

Meet, _v. a._ == HD. 1810; [imete]. Rel. S. v. 205. AS. metan

---- _v. n._ == with reflexive dat. of p.r.o.n. '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. maeg. See Gloss. Rem. to La?, 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. m?lan. ON. maela

Mell, _v. a._ == mix, mingle, part. 'imelled.' 276 Fr. medler

Melody, _sb._ 381

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