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strength] strength in swimming, 533.

mere-wīf, st. neut., [mere-wife] mer(e)-woman, 1519.

mergen, see morgen.

met, st. neut., thought; pl. meoto, 489 (see note).

metan, st. v., mete, measure, pass over, 514, 917, etc.

ge-metan, st. v., mete, traverse, 924,

mētan, w. v., meet, find, 751, etc.

ge-mētan, w. v., meet, find, 757, etc.; pret. pl. hȳ (acc.) gemētton, “met each other,” 2592.

Metod, st. m., Creator, God, 110, etc.

metod-sceaft, meotod-sceaft, st. f., appointed doom, eternity, 1077, 2815, 1180 (Creator’s glory?).

meðel, st. neut., council, 1876.

meðel-stede, st. m., meeting-place, 1082.

meðel-word, st neut., council-word, formal word, 236.

micel, adj., mickle, great, 129, etc.; gen. micles wyrðne, “worthy of much,” 2185.

micles, gen. used adverbially; tō fela micles, “far too much,” 694. micle, instr. used adverbially, by much, much, 1579, 2651; so swā micle, “by so much,” 1283.

mid, prep., with dat. and acc.:

(1) with dat., with, amid, among, 77, 195, 274, 902, 1217, 1313, 1868, 2308, etc.; following its case, 41, 889, 1625; of time, 126; with, by means of, through, 317, 438, 475, 574, 779, 1184, 1892, 2028, 2468, etc. Special passages: mid rihte, “by right,” 2056; mid gewealdum, “of his own accord,” 2221; mid him, “among themselves,” 2948.

(2) with acc., with, amid, among, 357, 879, 1128, 2652, etc.

mid, adv., with them, withal, therewith, 1642, 1649.

middan-geard, st. m., [middle-yard] world, earth, 75, etc.; gen. “in the world,” 504, etc.

midde, w. f., middle, 2705.

middel-niht, st. f., mid-night, 2782, etc.

miht, st. f., might, 700, etc.

mihte, see magan.

mihtig, adj., mighty, 558, etc.

milde, adj., mild, kind, 1172, etc.

mildust, superl., mildest, kindest, 3181.

mīl-gemearc, st. neut., mile-mark, measure by miles; gen. nis þæt feor heonon mīl-gemearces, “that is not many miles away,” 1362.

milts, st. f., mildness, kindness, 2921.

mīn, pers. pron. (gen. sg. of ic), of me, 2533, etc.

mīn, poss. adj. (gen. sg. of ic), mine, my, 255, etc.

missan, w. v., w. gen., miss, 2439.

missere, st. neut., half-year, 153.

mist-hlið, st. neut., mist-slope, misty hill-side; dat. pl. mist-hleoþum, 710.

mistig, adj., misty, 162.

mōd, st. neut.:

(1) mood, mind, etc., 50, etc.

(2) courage, 105, etc.; moody pride, fierceness, 1931.

mōd-cearu, st. f., mood-care, sorrow of mind or heart, 1992, 3149.

mōdega, mōdgan, etc., see mōdig.

mōd-gehygd, st. neut., mind-thought, 233.

mōd-geðonc, st. neut., mind-thought, 1729.

mōd-gīomor, adj., sad in mind or heart, 2894.

mōdig, adj., weak mōd(i)ga, mōdega; gen. m. mōd(i)ges; pl. mōd(i)ge: moody, brave, proud, 312, 502, 670, 1508, 1888, etc.

mōdig-līc, adj., [moody-like].

mōdig-līcra, compar., braver, prouder, 337.

mōd-lufu, w. f., [mood-love] heart’s love, 1823.

mōdor, st. f., mother, 1258, etc.