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.

Mok, sb. muck, filthy lucre, PP; muk, PP; mukke, Prompt.

Moky, adj. misty, HD.  Cf. Moich.

Molde, sb. crumbling ground, earth, mould, S, S2, P, G; moolde, PP; mulde, WA; moldez, pl., dry pieces of mould, S2. Phr.:  on molde, on the earth, in the world, S2, PP. Comb.:  molde-ale, a funeral ale or banquet, Prompt.; mulde-mete, a funeral banquet, JD; moldwerp, mole, mouldcaster, SkD; moldwarp, Sh.; moldewarpe, Cath.—­AS. molde.  Cf. Mull.

Mole, sb. the moldwarp, talpa, Sh.; mowle, S3; molle, Prompt.—­This word is short for molde-warp.  See above.

Molte (for molt), pt. s. melted, S3; see Melten.

Mom, sb. the least sound that can be made with closed lips, PP, S2; mum, S3.

Momelen, v. to mumble, PP; mamely, P.

Mon, 1 pr. s.  I must, B; pr. s., B; 2_pr. s_., S3; mone, mayest, S2; pr. s., shall, S2; man, 1 pr. s., SD; 2 pr. pl., S2, B; mun, pr. s., S2, H.—­Icel. munu, ‘debere’, pr. s. man (pl. munu).

Mon, sb. man, S; see Man.

Monchen, v. to munch, Cath. (n), Palsg., SkD; mounch, Sh; munche, CM (4.145); maunche, Palsg. (s. v. briffault); manche, Palsg.; mounchynge, pr. p., S3. Comb.:  mounch-present, HD; maunche-present, Palsg., HD (s. v. munch); mawnche-presande, sycophant, Cath.; manch-present, dorophagus, Cath. (n).—­Probably a variety of ME. maungen; OF. manger.  For che = ge cp.  ME. charche; OF. charche = charge (see MD), also F. revancher=OF. revenger (SkD).

Mone, sb. share, companion, S.—­AS. (ge)mAina, ‘societas’ (Voc.).  See Ymone.

Mone, sb. moan, complaint, PP, S, S2; moone, PP, C; moon, S2; mayn, B; mayne, B, S3; mane, S2.

Mone, sb. moon, S, S2, S3, P; a lunation, P; moyne, Cath., B; moyn, B. Combmone-dA|i, dies lunae, Monday, S; moneday, S; mone-licht, moonlight, S.—­AS. mA cubedna.

MonA", sb. money, S2; see Moneye.

Monek, sb. monk, S2; see Monk.

Monesten, v. to teach, admonish, W, W2, CM; moneishen, Cath. (n); monysche, Cath.; monest, pt. pl., B. See Amoneste.

Monestyng, sb. an admonition, W. W2, B; monyschynge, Cath.

Moneth, sb. month, S3, C, PP, B, WW, ND, Cath.; mooneA3/4, S2, PP; monythe, Prompt.; monyth, S2; monethe, W; monthe, PP; monthe, pl., C2; monethis, W. Comb.:  moneth-minde, a service in memory of the dead a month after decease, ND; month-mind, HD; months minde, ND; months mind, a strong inclination, ND, Sh.—­AS. mA cubednaA deg., from mA cubedna, moon.

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