A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

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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.

Moneye, sb. money, C3, PP; monA", S2, PP.—­AF. moneie, moneye, monee; Lat. moneta.

Moneyeles, adj. moneyless, PP; monelees, PP.

Mong-corn(e), sb. mixed corn, S3, Prompt.; moncorne, HD.  See Mengen.

Moni, adj. many, S, S2; mony, S; see Manye.

Monk, sb. monk, PP; monek, S2; munec, S; muneces, pl., S; munekes, S; monekes, S, S2; monkes, S.—­AS. munec; Lat. monachus; Gr. [Greek:  monachos], solitary.

Monkrye, sb. monkery, the race of monks, S3.

Monsede, pp. cursed, PP; see Mansed.

Moo-; see also under Mo-.

Mood, sb. anger, pride, mind, C; mod, S, S2; mode, dat., S, S2.—­AS. mA cubedd; cp.  OHG. muot (Tatian).

Moode, sb. mud, S3; see Mud.

Mool-bery, sb. mulberry, SkD; mul-*bery, Cath.—­Cp.  MHG. mu*lber (G. maul-*beere); OHG. mu*rberi, mo*rberi (the l in the later forms being due to dissimilation); see Kluge; AS. mA cubedr; OHG. mo*r; Lat. morus.  See More.

Moot, sb. assembly, G, PP; mot, PP. Comb.:  moot-halle, hall of assembly, court, P, G, W; mote-halle, G, PP.—­AS. mA cubedt.  Cf. Mote.

Moralitee, sb. morality, i.e. a moral tale, C3.—­OF. moralite (Cotg.).

Mordre, sb. murder, C; see Morther.

More, sb. mulberry-tree; mours, pl., H. Comb.:  more-tre, mulberry-tree, W; moore-trees, pl., W2; mur-berien, pl. mulberries, Voc.—­Lat. morus, mulberry-tree (Vulg.); cp.  Gr. [Greek:  moron, mulberry.  Cf. Moolbery.

More, sb. moor, Prompt., H, PP; mor, S2; mwr, B; mwre, S2, B.—­AS. mA cubedr.

More, adj. and adv. comp. more, greater, elder, S, S2, W, W2, PP, WW; mor, S, PP; moare, S; mayr, S3, B; mair, B; mA|re, S; mare, S, S2; mar, S, B; marere, H.—­AS. mAira.  See Mo.

More, sb. root, S2, PP, HD; moore, CM.—­AS. mora (Voc. 135. 28, 29, 32); cp.  MHG. morAc, more, see Weigand (s.v. mAhre).

Moreyne, sb. murrain, PP; moreyn, S2, Prompt.; morrein, WW; moryn, H; murrins, pl., WW.—­AF. morine; cp.  Low Lat. morina, a pestilence among animals (Ducange).

Morkin, sb. a beast that dies by disease or accident, RD, HD, ND.—­Cp.  Late Lat. morticinium (Ducange), whence Ir. muirt-*chenn, Wel. burgyn.

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