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maðelian, w. v. (sermocinari), to speak, talk: pret. sg. maðelode, 286, 348, 360, 371, 405, 456, 499, etc.; maðelade, 2426.
maga, w. m., son, male descendant, young man: nom. sg. maga Healfdenes (Hrōðgār), 189, 1475, 2144; maga Ecgþēowes (Bēowulf), 2588: maga (Grendel), 979; se maga geonga (Wīglāf), 2676; Grendeles maga (a relative of Grendel), 2007; acc. sg. þone magan, 944.
magan, v. with pret.-pres. form, to be able: pres. sg. I. III. mæg, 277, 478, 931, 943, 1485, 1734, etc.; II. meaht þū, 2048; subj. pres. mǣge, 2531, 2750; þēah ic eal mǣge (even though I could), 681; subj. pl. wē mǣgen, 2655; pret. sg. meahte, 542, 755, 1131, 1660, 2465, etc.; mihte, 190, 207, 462, 511, 571, 657, 1509, 2092, 2610; mehte, 1083, 1497, 1516, 1878; pl. meahton, 649, 942, 1455, 1912, 2374, 3080; mihton, 308, 313, 2684, 3164; subj. pret. sg. meahte, 243, 763, 2521; pres. sg. mæg, sometimes = licet, may, can, will (fut.), 1366, 1701, 1838, 2865.
mago (Goth. magu-s), st. m., male, son: nom. sg. mago Ecglāfes (Hunferð), 1466; mago Healfdenes (Hrōðgār), 1868, 2012.
mago-dryht, st. f., troop of young men, band of men: nom. sg. mago-driht, 67.
mago-rinc, st. m., hero, man (preeminently): gen. pl. mago-rinca, hēap, 731.
magu-þegn, mago-þegn, st. m., vassal, war-thane: nom. sg. 408, 2758; dat. sg. magu-þegne, 2080; acc. pl. magu-þegnas, 293; dat. pl. mago-þegnum, 1481; gen. pl. mago-þegna... þone sēlestan (the best of vassals), 1406.
man, mon, st. m.: 1) man, human being: nom. sg. man, 25, 503, 534, 1049, 1354, 1399, 1535, 1877, etc.; mon, 209, 510, 1561, 1646, 2282, etc.; acc. sg. w. mannan, 297, 577, 1944, 2128, 2775; wīd-cūðne man, 1490; dat. sg. men, 656, 753, 1880; menn, 2190; gen. sg. mannes, 1195 (?), 2081, 2534, 2542; monnes, 1730; nom. pl. men, 50, 162, 233, 1635, 3167; acc. pl. men, 69, 337, 1583, 1718; dat. pl. mannum, 3183; gen. pl. manna, 155, 201, 380, 702, 713, 736, etc.; monna, 1414, 2888.—2) indef. pron. = one, they, people (Germ. man): man, 1173, 1176; mon, 2356, 3177.—Comp.: fyrn-, glēo-, gum-, iū-, lid-, sǣ-, wǣpned-man.
man. See munan.
man-cyn, st. n., mankind: dat. sg. man-cynne, 110; gen. sg. man-cynnes, 164, 2182; mon-cynnes, 196, 1956.
man-drēam, st. m., human joy, mundi voluptas: acc. sg. man-drēam, 1265; dat. pl. mon-drēamum, 1716.
man-dryhten, st. m. (lord of men), ruler of the people, prince, king: nom. sg. man-dryhten, 1979, 2648; mon-drihten, 436; mon-dryhten, 2866; acc. sg. mon-dryhten, 2605; dat. sg. man-drihtne, 1230; man-dryhtne, 1250, 2282; gen. sg. man-dryhtnes, 2850; mon-dryhtnes, 3150.
ge-mang, st. m., troop, company: dat. sg. on gemonge (in the troop [of the fourteen Gēatas that returned from the sea]), 1644.
manian, w. v., to warn, admonish: pres. sg. III. manað swā and myndgað... sārum wordum (so warneth and remindeth he with bitter words), 2058.
manig, monig, adj., many, many a, much: 1) adjectively: nom. sg. rinc manig, 399; geong manig (many a young man), 855; monig snellīc sǣ-rinc, 690; medu-benc monig, 777; so 839, 909, 919, 1511, 2763, 3023, etc.; acc. sg. medo-ful manig, 1016; dat. sg. m. þegne monegum, 1342, 1420; dat. sg. f. manigre mǣgðe, 75; acc. pl. manige men, 337; dat. pl. manegum māðmum, 2104; monegum mǣgðum, 5; gen. pl. manigra mēda, 1179.—2) substantively: nom. sg. manig, 1861; monig, 858; dat. sg. manegum, 349, 1888; nom. pl. manige, 1024; monige, 2983; acc. pl. monige, 1599; gen. pl. manigra, 2092.—3) with depend. gen. pl.: dat. manegum mǣgða, 1772; monegum fīra, 2002; hæleða monegum bold-āgendra, 3112; acc. pl. rinca manige, 729; (māðm)-ǣhta monige, 1614.
manig-oft, adv., very often, frequently, 171 [if manig and oft are to be connected].
man-līce, adv., man-like, manly, 1047.
man-þwǣre, adj., kind, gentle toward men, philanthropic: nom. sg. superl. mon-þwǣrust, 3183.
mā, contracted compar., more: with partitive gen., 504, 736, 1056.
māðum, māððum, st. m., gift, jewel, object of value: acc. sg. māððum, 169, 1053, 2056, 3017; dat. instr. sg. māðme, 1529, 1903; nom. pl. māðmas, 1861; acc. pl. mādmas, 385, 472, 1028, 1483, 1757, 1868, etc.; dat. instr. pl. māðmum, mādmum, 1049, 1899, 2104, 2789; gen. pl. māðma, 1785, 2144, 2167, etc.; mādma, 36, 41.—Comp.: dryht-, gold-, hord-, ofer-, sinc-, wundor-māðum.
māðm-ǣht, st. f., treasure in jewels, costly objects: gen. pl. māðm-ǣhta, 1614, 2834.
māððum-fæt, st. n., treasure-casket or cup, costly vessel: nom. sg., 2406.
māðm-gestrēon, st. n., precious jewel: gen. pl. māðm-gestrēona, 1932.
māðum-gifu, st. f., gift of valuable objects, largess of treasure: dat. sg. æfter māððum-gife, 1302.
māðum-sigl, st. n., costly, sun-shaped ornament, valuable decoration: gen. pl. māððum-sigla, 2758.
māðum-sweord, st. n., costly sword (inlaid with gold and jewels): acc. sg., 1024.
māðum-wela, w. m., wealth of jewels, valuables:: dat. sg. æfter-māððum-welan (after the sight of the wealth of jewels), 2751.
māgas. See mǣg.
māge, w. f., female relative: gen. sg. Grendles māgan (mother), 1392.
mān, st. n., crime, misdeed: instr. sg. māne, 110, 979; adv., criminally, 1056.
mān-for-dǣdla, w. m., evil-doer, criminal: nom. pl. mān-for-dǣdlan, 563.
mān-scaða, w. m., mischievous, hurtful foe, hostis nefastus: nom. sg. 713, 738, 1340; mān-sceaða, 2515.
māra (comp. of micel), adj., greater, stronger, mightier: nom. sg. m. māra, 1354, 2556; neut. māre, 1561; acc. sg. m. māran, 2017; mund-gripe māran (a mightier hand-grip), 754; with following gen. pl. māran... eorla (a more powerful earl), 247; fem. māran, 533, 1012; neut. māre, 518; with gen. pl. morð-beala māre (more, greater, deeds of murder), 136; gen. sg. f. māran, 1824.
mǣst (superl. of micel, māra), greatest, strongest: nom. sg. neut. (with partitive gen.), mǣst, 78, 193; fem. mǣst, 2329; acc. sg. fem. fǣhðe mǣste, 459; mǣste... worolde wynne (the highest earthly pleasure), 1080; neut. n. (with partitive gen.) mǣst mǣrða, 2646; hond-wundra mǣst, 2769; bǣl-fȳra mǣst, 3144; instr. sg. m. mǣste cræfte, 2182.
mæcg. See mecg.
mægð, st. f., wife, maid, woman: nom. sg., 3017; gen. pl. mægða hōse (accompanied by her maids of honor), 925; mægða, 944, 1284.
mægen, st. n.: 1) might, bodily strength, heroic power: acc. sg. mægen, 518, 1707; instr. sg. mægene, 780(?), 2668; gen. sg. mægenes, 418, 1271, 1535, 1717, etc.; mægnes, 671, 1762; mægenes strang, strengest (great in strength), 1845, 196; mægenes rōf (id.), 2085.—2) prime, flower (of a nation), forces available in war: acc. sg. swā hē oft (i.e. etan) dyde mægen Hrēðmanna (the best of the Hreðmen), 445; gen. sg. wið manna hwone mægenes Deniga (from(?) any of the men of the Danes), 155.—Comp. ofer-mægen.
mægen-āgend, pres. part., having great strength, valiant: gen. pl. -āgendra, 2838.
mægen-byrðen, st. f., huge burthen: acc. sg. mægen-byrðenne, 3092; dat. (instr.) sg., 1626.
mægen-cræft, st. m., great, hero-like, strength: acc. sg., 380.
mægen-ellen, st. n. (the same), acc. sg., 660.
mægen-fultum, st. m., material aid: gen. pl. næs þæt þonne mǣtost mægen-fultuma (that was not the least of strong helps, i.e. the sword Hrunting), 1456.
mægen-rǣs, st. m., mighty attack, onslaught: acc. sg., 1520.
mægen-strengo, st. f., main strength, heroic power: acc. sg., 2679.
mægen-wudu, st. m., might-wood, i.e. the spear, lance: acc. sg., 236.
mæst, st. m., mast: nom. sg., 1899; dat. sg. be mæste (beside the mast), 36; to the mast, 1906.
mǣðum. See māðum, hyge-mǣðum.
mǣg, st. m., kinsman by blood: nom. sg. mǣg, 408, 738, 759, 814, 915, 1531, 1945, etc; (brother), 468, 2605? acc. sg. mǣg (son), 1340; (brother), 2440, 2485, 2983; dat. sg. mǣge, 1979; gen. sg. mǣges, 2629, 2676, 2699, 2880; nom. pl. māgas, 1016; acc. pl. māgas, 2816; dat. pl. māgum, 1179, 2615, 3066; (to brothers), 1168; mǣgum, 2354; gen. pl. māga, 247, 1080, 1854, 2007, 2743.—Comp.: fæderen-, hēafod-, wine-mǣg.
mǣg-burh, st. f., borough of blood-kinsmen, entire population united by ties of blood; (in wider sense) race, people, nation: gen. sg. lond-rihtes... þǣre mǣg-burge (of land possessions among the people, i.e. of the Gēatas), 2888.
mǣgð, st. f., race, people: acc. sg. mǣgðe, 1012; dat. sg. mǣgðe, 75; dat. pl. mǣgðum, 5; gen. pl. mǣgða, 25, 1772.
mǣg-wine, st. m., blood kinsman, friend, 2480 (nom. pl.).
mǣl, st. n.: l) time, point of time: nom. sg. 316; þā wæs sǣl and mǣl (there was [appropriate] chance and time), 1009; acc. sg. mǣl, 2634; instr. pl. ǣrran mǣlum, 908, 2238, 3036; gen. pl. mǣla, 1250; sǣla and mǣla, 1612; mǣla gehwylce (each time, without intermission), 2058.—2) sword, weapon: nom. sg. brōden (brogden) mǣl (the drawn sword), 1617, 1668 (cf. Grimm, Andreas and Elene, p. 156).—3) mole, spot, mark.—Comp.: grǣg-, hring-, sceaðen-, wunden-mǣl.
mǣl-cearu, st. f., long-continued sorrow, grief: acc. sg. mǣl-ceare, 189.
mǣl-gesceaft, st. f., fate, appointed time: acc. pl. ie on earde bād mǣl-gesceafta (awaited the time allotted for me by fate), 2738.
mǣnan, w. v., with acc. in the sense of (1) to remember, mention, proclaim: inf. mǣnan, 1068; pret. part. þǣr wæs Bēowulfes mǣrðo mǣned, 858.—2) to mention sorrowfully, mourn: inf. 3173; pret. sg. giohðo mǣnde (mourned sorrowfully), 2268; pret. pl. mǣndon, 1150, 3150.
ge-mǣnan (see mān), w. v. with acc., to injure maliciously, break: subj. pret. pl. ge-mǣnden, 1102.
ge-mǣne, adj., common, in common: nom. sg. gemǣne, 2474; þǣr unc hwīle wæs hand gemǣne (i.e. in battle), 2138; sceal ūrum þæt sweord and helm bām gemǣne (i.e. wesan), 2661; nom. pl. gemǣne, 1861; dat. pl. þæt þām folcum sceal... sib gemǣnum (attraction for gemǣne, i.e. wesan), 1858; gen. pl. unc sceal (i.e. wesan) fela māðma gemǣnra (we two shall share many treasures together), 1785.
mǣrðu, st. f.: 1) glory, a heroes fame: nom. sg. 858; acc. sg. mǣrðo, 660, 688; acc. pl. mǣrða, 2997; instr. pl. mǣrðum (gloriously), 2515: gen. pl. mǣrða, 504, 1531.—2) deed of glory, heroism: acc. sg. mǣrðo, 2135; gen. pl. mǣrða, 408, 2646.—Comp. ellen-mǣrðu.
mǣre, adj., memorable; celebrated, noble; well known, notorious: nom. sg. m. mǣre, 103, 129, 1716, 1762; se mǣra, 763, 2012, 2588; also as vocative m. se mǣra, 1475; nom. fem. mǣru, 2017; mǣre, 1953; neut. mǣre, 2406; acc. sg. m. mǣrne, 36, 201, 353, 1599, 2385, 2722, 2789, 3099; neut. mǣre, 1024; dat. sg. mǣrum, 345, 1302, 1993, 2080, 2573; tō þǣm mǣran, 270; gen. sg. mǣres, 798; mǣran, 1730; nom. pl. mǣre, 3071; superl. mǣrost, 899,—Comp.: fore-, heaðo-mǣre.
mǣst. See māra.
mǣte, adj., moderate, small: superl. nom. sg. mǣtost, 1456.
mecg, mæcg, st. m., son, youth, man. in comp. hilde-, ōret-mecg, wræc-mæcg.
medla. See on-medla.
medu, st. m., mead: acc. sg. medu, 2634; dat. sg. tō medo, 605.
medo-ærn, st. n., mead-hall: acc. sg. medo-ærn (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-drēam, 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-stīg, st. f., mead-road, road to the mead-hall: acc. sg. medo-stīg, 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 þǣm 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. þæs 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 mōd-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. 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.
mētan, w. v., to meet, find, fall in with: with acc., pret. pl. syððan Æscheres... hafelan mētton, 1422; subj. pret. sg. þæt hē ne mētte... on elran man mundgripe māran (that he never met, in any other man, with a mightier hand-grip), 752.
ge-mētan, with acc., the same: pret. sg. gemētte, 758, 2786; pl. næs þā long tō þon, þæt þā āglǣcean hȳ eft gemētton (it was not long after that the warriors again met each other), 2593.
ge-mēting, st. f., meeting, hostile coming together: nom. sg., 2002.
mēagol, adj., mighty, immense; formal, solemn: instr. pl. mēaglum wordum, 1981.
mearc, st. f., frontier, limit, end: dat. sg. tō mearce (the end of life), 2385.—Comp. Weder-mearc, 298.
ge-mearc, st. n., measure, distance: comp. fōt-, mīl-ge-mearc.
mearcian, w. v., to mark, stain: pres. ind. sg. mearcað mōrhopu (will stain, mark, the moor with the blood of the corpse), 450.
ge-mearcian, the same: pret. part. (Cain) morðre gemearcod (murder-marked [cf. 1 Book Mos. IV. 15]), 1265; swā wæs on þǣm scennum... gemearcod... hwām þæt sweord geworht wǣre (engraved for whom the sword had been wrought), 1696.
mearc-stapa, w. m., march-strider, frontier-haunter (applied to Grendel and his mother): nom. sg., 103; acc. pl. mearc-stapan, 1349.
mearh, st. m., horse, steed: nom. pl. mēaras, 2164; acc. pl. mēaras, 866, 1036; dat. pl. inst. mēarum, 856, 918; mēarum and māðmum, 1049, 1899; gen. pl. mēara and māðma, 2167.
mearn. See murnan.
meodu. See medu.
meoto. See met.
meotud. See metod.
meowle, w. f., maiden: comp. geō-meowle.
micel, adj., great, huge, long (of time): nom. sg. m., 129, 502; fem., 67, 146, 170; neut., 772; acc. sg. m. micelne, 3099; fem, micle, 1779, 3092; neut. micel, 270, 1168. The comp. māre must be supplied before þone in: medo-ærn micel... (māre) þone yldo beam ǣfre ge-frūnon, 69; instr. sg. ge-trume micle, 923; micle (by much, much); micle lēofre (far dearer), 2652; efne swā micle (lǣssa), ([less] even by so much), 1284; oftor micle (much oftener), 1580; dat. sg, weak form miclan, 2850; gen. sg. miclan, 979. The gen. sg. micles is an adv. = much, very: micles wyrðne gedōn (deem worthy of much, i.e. honor very highly), 2186; tō fela micles (far too much, many), 695; acc. pl. micle, 1349. Compar., see māra.
mid, I. prep. w. dat., instr., and acc., signifying preëminently union, community, with, hence: 1) w. dat.: a) with, in company, community, with; mid Finne, 1129; mid Hrōðgāre, 1593; mid scip-herge, 243; mid gesīðum (with his comrades), 1314; so, 1318, 1964, 2950, etc.; mid his frēo-drihtne, 2628; mid þǣm lācum (with the gifts), 1869; so, 2789, 125; mid hǣle (with good luck!), 1218; mid bǣle fōr (sped off amid fire), 2309. The prep. postponed: him mid (with him, in his company), 41; with him, 1626; ne wæs him Fitela mid (was not with him), 890. b) with, among: mid Gēatum (among the Gēatas), 195, 2193, 2624; mid Scyldingum, 274; mid Eotenum, 903; mid yldum (eldum), 77, 2612; mid him (with, among, one another), 2949. In temporal sense: mid ǣr-dæge (at dawn), 126.—2) with, with the help of, through, w. dat.: mid ār-stafum (through his grace), 317; so, 2379; mid grāpe (with the fist), 438; so, 1462, 2721; mid his hete-þoncum (through his hatred), 475; mid sweorde, 574; so, 1660, 2877; mid gemete (through, by, his power), 780; so, 1220, 2536, 2918; mid gōde (with benefits), 1185; mid hearme (with harm, insult), 1893; mid þǣre sorge (with [through?] this sorrow), 2469; mid rihte (by rights), 2057. With instr.: mid þȳ wīfe (through [marriage with] the woman), 2029.—3) w. acc., with, in community, company, with: mid his eorla gedriht, 357; so, 634, 663, 1673; mid hine, 880; mid mīnne gold-gyfan, 2653.
II. adv., mid, thereamong, in the company, 1643; at the same time, likewise, 1650.
middan-geard, st. m., globe, earth: acc. sg., 75, 1772; dat. sg. on middan-gearde, 2997; gen. sg. middan-geardes, 504, 752.
midde, w. f., middle = medius: dat. sg. on middan (through the middle, in two), 2706; gen. sg. (adv.) tō-middes (in the midst), 3142.
middel-niht, st. f., midnight: dat. pl. middel-nihtum, 2783, 2834.
miht, st. f., might, power, authority: acc. sg. þurh drihtnes miht (through the Lord’s help, power), 941; instr. pl. selfes mihtum, 701.
mihtig, adj.: 1) physically strong, powerful: acc. sg. mihtig mere-dēor, 558; mere-wīf mihtig, 1520.—2) possessing authority, mighty: nom. sg. mihtig god, 702, 1717, 1726; dat. sg. mihtigan drihtne, 1399.—Comp.: æl-, fore-mihtig.
milde, adj., kind, gracious, generous: nom. sg. mōdes milde (kind-hearted), 1230; instr. pl. mildum wordum (graciously), 1173. Superl. nom. sg. worold-cyning mannum mildust (a king most liberal to men), 3183.
milts, st. f., kindness, benevolence: nom. sg., 2922.
missan, w. v. with gen., to miss, err in: pret. sg. miste mercelses (missed the mark), 2440.
missēre, st. n., space of a semester, half a year: gen. pl. hund missēra (fifty winters), 2734, 2210; generally, a long period of time, season, 1499, 1770; fela missēra, 153, 2621.
mist-hlið, st. n., misty cliff, cloud-capped slope: dat. pl. under mist-hleoðum, 711.
mistig, adj., misty: acc. pl. mistige mōras, 162.
mīl-gemearc, st. n., measure by miles: gen. sg. mīl-gemearces, 1363.
mīn: 1) poss. pron., my, mine, 255, 345, etc.; Hygelāc mīn (my lord, or king, H.), 2435.—2) gen. sg. of pers. pron. ic, of me, 2085, 2534, etc.
molde, w. f., dust; earth, field: in comp. græs-molde.
mon. See man.
ge-mong. See ge-mang.
morð-bealu, st. n., murder, deadly hale or deed of murder: gen. pl. morð-beala, 136.
morðor, st. n., deed of violence, murder: dat. instr. sg. morðre, 893, 1265, 2783; gen. sg. morðres, 2056; morðres scyldig (guilty of murder), 1684.
morðor-bed, st. n., bed of death, murder-bed: acc. sg. wæs þām yldestan... morðor-bed strēd (a bed of death was spread for the eldest, i.e. through murder his death-bed was prepared), 2437.
morðor-bealu, st. n., death-bale, destruction by murder: acc. sg. morðor-bealo, 1080, 2743.
morðor-hete, st. m., murderous hate: gen. sg. þæs morðor-hetes, 1106.
morgen, morn, mergen, st. m., morning, forenoon; also morrow: nom. sg. morgen, 1785, 2125; (morrow), 2104; acc. sg. on morgen (in the morning), 838; dat. sg. on morgne, 2485; on mergenne, 565, 2940; gen. pl. morna gehwylce (every morning), 2451.
morgen-ceald, adj., morning-cold, dawn-cold: nom. sg. gār morgen-ceald (spear chilled by the early air of morn), 3023.
morgen-lang, adj., lasting through the morning: acc. sg. morgen-longne dæg (the whole forenoon), 2895.
morgen-lēoht, st. n., morning-light: nom. sg., 605, 918.
morgen-swēg, st. m., morning-cry, cry at morn: nom. sg., 129.
morgen-tīd, st. f., morning-tide: acc. sg. on morgen-tīde, 484, 818(?)
morn. See morgen.
mōd, st. n.: 1) heart, soul, spirit, mood, mind, manner of thinking: nom. sg., 50, 731; wǣfre mōd (the flicker ing spirit, the fading breath), 1151; acc. sg. on mōd (into his mind), 67; dat. instr. sg. mōde geþungen (of mature, lofty spirit), 625; on mōde (in heart, mind), 754, 1845, 2282? 2528; on hrēoum mōde (fierce of spirit), 2582; gen. sg. modes, 171, 811, 1707; modes blīðe (gracious-minded, kindly disposed), 436; so, mōdes milde, 1230; mōdes sēoce (depressed in mind), 1604.—2) boldness, courage: nom. and acc. sg., 1058, 1168. 3) passion, fierceness: nom. sg., 549.—Comp. form adj.: galg-, geōmor-, glæd-, gūð-, hrēoh-, sārig-, stīð-, swīð-, wērig-, yrre-mōd.
mōd-cearu, st. f., grief of heart: acc. sg. mōd-ceare, 1993, 3150.
mōd-gehygd, st. f., thought of the heart; mind: instr. pl. mōd-gehygdum, 233
mōd-ge-þanc, st. n., mood-thought, meditation: acc. sg. mōd-ge-þonc, 1730.
mōd-giōmor, adj., grieved at heart, dejected: nom. sg., 2895.
mōdig, adj., courageous: nom. sg., 605, 1644, 1813, 2758; hē þæs (þǣm, MS.) mōdig wæs (had the courage for it), 1509; se mōdega, 814; dat. sg. mid þām mōdigan, 3012; gen. sg. mōdges, 502; mōdiges, 2699; Gēata lēod georne truwode mōdgan mægnes (trusted firmly in his bold strength), 671; nom. pl. mōdge, 856; mōdige, 1877; gen. pl. mōdigra, 312, 1889.—Comp, fela-mōdig.
mōdig-līc, adj., of bold appearance: compar. acc. pl. mōdiglīcran, 337.
mōd-lufe, w. f., hearts affection, love: gen. sg. þīnre mōd-lufan, 1824.
mōd-sefa, w. m., thought of the heart; brave, bold temper; courage: nom. sg., 349, 1854, 2629; acc. sg. mōd-sefan, 2013; dat. sg. mōd-sefan, 180.
mōd-þracu, st. f., boldness, courage, strength of mind: dat. sg. for his mōd-þræce, 385.
mōdor, f., mother: nom. sg., 1259, 1277, 1283, 1684, 2119; acc. sg. mōdor, 1539, 2140, 2933.
mōna, w. m., moon: gen. sg. mōnan, 94.
mōr, st. m., moor, morass, swamp: acc. sg. ofer myrcan mōr, 1406; dat. sg. of mōre, 711; acc. pl. mōras, 103, 162, 1349.
mōr-hop, st. n., place of refuge in the moor, hiding-place in the swamp: acc. pl. mōr-hopu, 450.
ge-mōt, st. n., meeting: in comp. hand-, torn-ge-mōt.
mōtan, pret.-pres. v.: 1) power or permission to have something, to be permitted; may, can: pres. sg. I., III. mōt, 186, 442, 604; II. mōst, 1672; pl. mōton, 347, 365, 395; pres. subj. ic mōte, 431; III. sē þe mōte, 1388; pret sg. mōste, 168, 707, 736, 895, 1488, 1999, 2242, 2505, etc.; pl. mōston, 1629, 1876, 2039, 2125, 2248; pres. subj. sg. II. þæt þū hine selfne gesēon mōste (mightest see), 962.—2) shall, must, be obliged: pres. sg. mōt, 2887; pret. sg. mōste, 1940; þǣr hē þȳ fyrste forman dōgore wealdan mōste, swā him Wyrd ne gescrāf, hrēð æt hilde (if he must for the first time that day be victorious, as Fate had denied him victory, cf. 2681, 2683 seqq.), 2575.
ge-munan, pret.-pres. v., to have in mind, be mindful; remember, think of, w. acc.: pres. sg. hine gearwe geman witena wēl-hwylc (each of the knowing ones still remembers him well), 265; ic þē þæs lēan geman (I shall not forget thy reward for this), 1221; ic þæt eall gemon (I remember all that), 2428; so, 1702, 2043; gif hē þæt eall gemon hwæt... (if he is mindful of all that which...), 1186; ic þæt mǣl gemon hwǣr... (I remember the time when...), 2634; pret. sg. w. gemunde... ǣfen-sprǣce (recalled his evening speech), 759; so, 871, 1130, 1260, 1271, 1291, 2115, 2432, 2607, 2679; sē þæs lēod-hryres lēan ge-munde (was mindful of reward for the fall of the ruler), 2392; þæt hē Eotena bearn inne gemunde (that he in this should remember, take vengeance on, the children of the Eotens), 1142; so, hond gemunde fǣhðo genōge (his hand remembered strife enough), 2490; ne ge-munde mago Ecglāfes þæt... (remembered not that which...), 1466; pret. pl. helle gemundon in mōd-sefan (their thoughts [as heathens] fixed themselves on, remembered, hell), 179.
on-munan, w. acc. pers. and gen. of thing, to admonish, exhort: pret. sg. onmunde ūsic mǣrða (exhorted us to deeds of glory), 2641.
mund, st. f., hand: instr. pl. mundum, mid mundum, 236, 514, 1462, 3023, 3092.
mund-bora, w. m., protector, guardian, preserver: nom. sg., 1481, 2780.
mund-gripe, st. m., hand-grip, seizure: acc. sg. mund-gripe, 754; dat. sg. mund-gripe, 380, 1535; æfter mund-gripe (after having seized the criminal), 1939.
murnan, st. v., to shrink from, be afraid of, avoid: pret. sg. nō mearn fore fǣhðe and fyrene, 136; so, 1538; nalles for ealdre mearn (was not apprehensive for his life), 1443.—2) to mourn, grieve: pres. part. him wæs... murnende mōd, 50; pres. subj., þonne hē fela murne (than that he should mourn much), 1386.
be-murnan, be-meornan, with acc., to mourn over: pret. be-mearn, 908, 1078.
murn-līce. See un-murn-līce.
mūð-bana, w. m., mouth-destroyer: dat. sg. tō mūð-bonan (of Grendel because he bit his victim to death), 2080.
mūða, w. m., mouth, entrance: acc. sg. recedes mūðan (mouth of the house, door), 725.
ge-mynd, st. f., memory, memorial, remembrance: dat. pl. tō gemyndum, 2805, 3017. See weorð-mynd.
myhdgian, w. v., to call to mind, remember: pres. sg. myndgað, 2058; pres. part. w. gen. gif þonne Frēsna hwylc... þæs morðor-hetes myndgiend wǣre (were to call to mind the bloody feud), 1106.
ge-myndgian, w. v. w. acc., to remember: bið gemyndgad... eaforan ellor-sīð (is reminded of his son’s decease), 2451.
ge-myndig, adj., mindful: nom. sg. w. gen., 614, 869, 1174, 1531, 2083, etc.
myne, st. m.: 1) mind, wish: nom. sg., 2573.—2) love(?): nē his myne wisse (whose [God’s] love he knew not), 169.
ge-mynian, w. v. w. acc., to be mindful of: imper. sg. gemyne mǣrðo! 660.
myntan, w. v., to intend, think of, resolve: pret. sg. mynte... manna cynnes sumne besyrwan (meant to entrap all(?) [see sum], some one of (?), the men), 713; mynte þæt hē gedǣlde... (thought to sever), 732; mynte se mǣra, þǣr hē meahte swā, wīdre gewindan (intended to flee), 763.
myrce, adj., murky, dark: acc. sg. ofer myrcan mōr, 1406.
myrð, st. f., joy, mirth: dat. (instr.) sg. mōdes myrðe, 8n.