MAIKLESS, adj. without peer.  Wyntoun, IX, Prol. 48; Montg.  “The
    Lady Margaret Montgomery,” 8.  O.N. maki + laus, Norse
    makalaeus, Dan. mageloes, extraordinary.

MAUCH, adj. full of maggots.  Dunbar, F., 241.  O.N. maethkr,
    a maggot, W.Norse, with assimilation, makk, E. Norse mark,
    Dan. madik, Sw. dial. mark, O. Sw. matk, and madhker. 
    The k is a diminutive ending, cp.  Eng. moth < O.E. maetha. 
    In the Sco. word eth fell out and a was lengthened for
    compensation.  Cp.  Cu. mawk, a midge, Eng. dial. mawkish. 
    Skeat cites Eng. dial. form mad.

MELDER, sb. flour, meal just ground.  Burns, 127, 113.  O.N.
    meldr, flour, or corn in the mill, Norse melder, wheat
    about to be ground, or flour that has just been ground,
    melderlas, a load of wheat intended for the mill,
    meldersekk, a bag of flour.  Cp.  Cu. melder, the quantity
    of meal ground at one time.

MENSE, vb. to do grace to.  Lyndsay, 529.  See mensk, sb.  The
    change of sk to s is characteristic of Sco.  See mensk.

MENSEDOM, sb. wisdom.  Psalms, CV, 22.  See mensk.

MENSK, MENSE, sb. proper conduct, more generally honor.  Dunbar,
    T.M.W., 352; Wyntoun, VIII, 42, 143; Burns, 90, 1.  O.N.
    mennska.  For discussion of this word see Wall.  Deriv.
    menskless, menskful, menskly.

MIDDING, MYDDING, sb. a midden.  C.S., 12; Lyndsay, 216, 269.  Dan.
    moedding, older moeghdyngh, O.N. mykidyngja, Sw. dial.
    moedding, Cu. middin.

MON, MAN, MAUN, vb. must, O.N. monu (munu), will, shall, Norse
    mun, will, but used variously.  Dan. monne, mon, as an
    auxiliary vb. used very much like do in Eng.  Sw. man, Cu.
    mun.  The form of the Sco. word is the same in all persons. 
    So in Norse.

MYTH, vb. to mark, recognize.  Wallace, V, 664; Douglas, I, 28, 26. 
    O.N. mietha, to show, to mark a place, Norse mida, mark a
    place, mid sb. a mark by which to find a place.  O.E.
    miethan, meant “to conceal, lie concealed,” same as O.H.G.
    midan, vitare, occultare, Germ. meiden, vermeiden,
    avoid.

NEIRIS, sb. pl. the kidneys.  C.S., 67.  O.N. nyra, a kidney,
    Norse nyra, O. Dan. nyre, Sw. niura, Sw. dial. nyra,
    M.E. nere.  Cp.  Sco. eir, an eir, for a neir, as in
    Eng. augur, an augur, a naugur.