A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 85

Mightand, _sb._ == powerful man. Ps. lx.x.xix. 10

Mightful, _adj._ RG. 253

Mighthede, _sb._ Ps. cxliv. 7

Mighting, _sb._ == might. Ps. lxiv. 7

---- == mighty act. Ps. cv. 2

Mightsome, _v. n._ == be powerful. pret. 'mightsomed.' Ps. lxxvii. 38.

part. 'mightsomand.' Ps. lxxii. 12

Mightsomeness, _sb._ Ps. xxix. 7

Mighty, _adj._ 341

Mikel, _adj._ == great, incomprehensible. Creed of St Athan. 25; [mochel].

305 B. AS. mycel

---- _v. a._ == magnify. Ps. xi. 5; xvii. 51; lxxi. 17

Mikelhed, _sb._ == greatness. Ps. cv. 45

Mikelnes, _sb._ Ps. x.x.xvi. 11

Milce, _sb._ == mercy. RG. 388. A substantive formed from 'mild.' AS.

milts

Mild, _adj._ RG. 246, 374

Milderthede, _sb._ == mildness, mercy. Ps. lxxvii. 38. For milderhede, the 't' inserted euphonically, as in 'are-t-hede,' honour

Mildheartness, _sb._ Ps. xci. 3

Mildly, _adv._ [milthely]. 52

Mildness, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 73

Mile, _sb._ == a measure of distance. RG. 375. AS. mil

Mile, _sb._ == a girl? Wright's L. P. p. 44. AS. meowle

Milful, _adj._ == merciful. RG. 435

Milk, _sb._ RG. 43

Mill, _sb._ [mulen]. O. and N. 86. AS. mylen

Millhouse, _sb._ [milnehus]. HD. 1967

Millpost, _sb._ [mulnepost]. Pol. S. 70

Millstone, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 185

Millward, _sb._ Pilate 4

Milt, _sb._ == the spleen. Rel. S. v. 171. AS. milt

Milth, _sb._ == mildness. Ps. xxiv. 6

---- _v. n._ == be mild. Ps. xxiv. 11; lxvi. 2

Mind, _sb._ [mund]. Signa ante Jud. 78

Mind, _sb._ [munde]. == memory. RG. 392, 527. AS. myne

Mine, _adj._ == my, before a consonant. RG. 214, 215

Mine, _sb._ == an unknown game. HD. 2326. Roquefort _s. v._ says of it, 'Il etoit tres-dangereux, et on pouvoit s'y ruiner en peu de temps'

Mine, _v. a._ == remember. Ps. viii. 5. part. 'mined' == mindful. Ps. vi.

6. See Minne

Mine, _v. a._ == dig up. RG. 518. Fr. mine. See Burguy, _s. v._

---- _v. n._ == dig. Alys. 1216

Miner, _sb._ Alys. 1218

Ming, _v. a._ == mingle. RG. 42; [menge] 1995; pret. 'monge.' RG. 239; part. 'ymenged.' RG. 48, 'minging.' RG. 95. AS. mengian

Minister, _sb._ Pol. S. 195

Miniver, _sb._ Alys. 5474. Fr. menu vair

Minne, _adj._ == less. Creed of St Athan. 56. ON. minni

Minne, _v. a._ == remember. Wright's L. P. 37; [munne]. Ibid. p. 112.

imper. 'munt'? Ibid. p. 37. AS. mynan

Minor, _sb._ == Minorite. RG. 498

Minster, _sb._ RG. 518

Minstrel, _sb._ [menstral]. RG. 53; [menestral]. RG. 272

Miracle, _sb._ RG. 73, 121

Mirk, _adj._ Ps. xvii. 12. AS. mirc