A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Maille, sb. mail-armour, C2; maylle, Cath.; male, S3, Cath.; mayles, pl., SkD.—­OF. maille Lat. macula.  See Macull.

Make, sb. mate, spouse, S, S2, S3, C, C2, P, Prompt.; makes, pl., S2; makez, S2; makys, S3.—­AS. (ge)maca.

Maken, v. to make, cause, build, compose, write, PP, S; makien, S; macien, S; makye, S2; mak, S2; ma, S2, B; mais, pr. s., B, S2; mas, S2; mais, pl makede, pt. s., S; machede, S; makked, pl., S2; maden, S, PP; maked, pp., PP, S, C; maad, C, PP; mad, S, C, G; y-maked, S2, C2; y-maad, S2, C2; y-mad, S2; i-maked, S; i-maket, S2; i-made, P; i-mad, G; hi-makede, S.—­AS. macian; cp.  OHG. machA cubedn (Otfrid).

Maker, sb. maker, writer, author, SkD, Cath., ND; makyere, S2.

Male, sb. bag, portmanteau, mail, C, C3, Prompt, Cath.; males, pl., P.—­OF. male (Cotg.); cp.  Low Lat. mala (Ducange).

Malencolye, sb. melancholy, PP; malencolie, C, Prompt.; malicoly, WA.—­OF. melancolie.

Malencolyk, adj. melancholy, C.—­OF. melancolique.

Malengine, sb. wicked artifice, HD; malengyne, malice, evil disposition, S3.—­AF. malengin, fraud, ill-meaning; engin, deceit, treachery (Bartsch).

Malese, sb. sickness, PP; male ese, W; male ess, B.—­OF. malaise (Cotg.).

Malice, sb. evil, W.—­AF. malice; Lat. malitia.

MalAsun, sb. malediction, S, H, ND; malisoun, C3.—­OF. malison, maleiceon, maldeceon, maldisson (Ps. 108. 17); Lat. maledictionem.

Malliable, adj. malleable, C3.—­OF. malleable, pliant to the hammer, hammerable (Cotg.).

Mamelek, sb. a mameluke, S3.—­Arab. mamlA"k, a slave, a possession, from malaka, he possessed; cp.  It. mamalAcco (Florio).

Mamely, v. to mumble, P; see Momelen.

Man, I pr. s.  I must, SD; 2_pr. pl_., S2, B; see Mon.

Man, sb. man, any one, S; husband, W; mann, S; men, S2; mon, S, S2; manne, dat., S; me, S, S2, S3, W; mA|n, pl., S; mA|nn, S; mannen, gen., S; manne, S2; mannen, manne; dat., S; menne, S. Comb.:  manhed(e), manhood, S2, C; manheid, S2; mankin, mankind, S; monkin, S; moncun, S; man-ken, S; man-kunne, S; mon-kunne, S; man-qualm, pestilence, H; man-quellere, murderer, executioner, S2, S3, W, W2; mon-quellere, S; man-red(e), homage, S; man-scipe, homage, honour, S; mon-sla3*e, man-slayer, S; man-slecht, manslaughter, S; man-sleiht, S; man-sleere, murderer, W2; mon-Azewes, the morality of a grown up man, S.—­AS. man.

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