morne ds., mornes gs. of morgen.
mōrsceaða m. robber from mountain heights, NG.
mōrsecg mn. sedge, Lcd 3·14025.
mōrseohtre f. marshy ditch, NC 310.
mōrstapa m. traverser of moors, Run 2.
mortere m. mortar. [L. mortarium]
morð nm. death, destruction, homicide, ‘murder,’ AO; Æ: deadly sin. [‘murth’]
morð- = morðor-
morðcrundel mn. barrow raised over a dead body? deadly pool? corpse-pit? KC 3·23´.
morðdǣd f. murder, deadly sin, crime, Æ.
morðor nm., gs. morðres (mp. morðras) deed of violence, ‘murder,’ homicide, manslaughter, B, Bl: mortal sin, crime: injury, punishment, torment, misery.
morðorbealu † n. violent death, murder.
morðorbed ‡ n. bed of death (by violence).
morðorcofa m. prison, An 1006.
morðorcræft m. murderous crime, An 177.
morðorcwalu f. murder, NC 310.
morðorcwealm m. murder, death, GnE 152.
morðorhete m. blood-feud, B 1105.
morðorhof n. place of torment, El 1303.
morðorhūs n. house of torment, Cr 1625.
morðorhycgende ‡ with murderous thoughts.
morðorlēan n. retribution for sin, Cr 1612.
morðorscyldig guilty, An 1601.
morðorslaga m. homicide, murderer, NG.
morðorslagu f. homicide, murder, NG.
morðorslege m. homicide, murder, LL (14814).
morðorsleht (morðsliht) m. slaughter, murder.
morðorwyrhta m. murderer.
morðslaga (Æ) = morðorslaga
morðsliht = morðorsleht
morður = morðor
morðweorc n. deadly work, act which causes death, murder, LL.
morðwyrhta = morðorwyrhta
moru f. parsnip, carrot (= more).
mōrwyrt f. moor-wort, Lcd 48b.
mōs n. I. bog, marsh, BC. [‘moss’]
II. n. food, victuals. [Ger. mus]
mōst, mōste v. *mōtan.
mot n. mote, speck, atom.
mōt I. (±, usu. +) n. ‘moot’ (‘gemot’), society, assembly, court, council, Chr, MtL; Mdf. +m. wyrcan to take counsel: litigation, Bo: (+) conflict, encounter.
II. f. toll, tribute, MkL. [Ger. maut]
III. pres. sg. of *mōtan.
±mōtærn (e2) n. place of meeting, court-house, AO.
mōtan* swv. pres. 1, 3 sg. mōt, pres. 2 sg. mōst, pres. pl. mōton, pret. mōste (may), to be allowed, be able to, have opportunity to, be compelled to, must, Æ; AO, CP. mōste ic would that I might! [‘mote’]
+mōtan = mētan
mōtbell f. bell for summoning a moot, LL. [v. ‘moot’]
±mōtbeorh m. hill of meeting, BC.
mōtere m. public speaker, WW. [‘mooter’]
mōtern = mōtærn
mōtgerēfa m. moot-reeve, chairman of a moot, EC 342´.
±mōthūs n. moot-hall, place of assembly, WW; W. [‘moothouse’]
±mōtian to speak to, converse with, address, harangue, Æ: debate, argue, plead, Hex. [‘moot’]
mōtlǣðu sbpl. courts, assemblies? TC 43322.
+mōtlēah m. meadow of meeting, BC.
+mōtmann m. orator, WW 16435; 31029.
+mōtstede m. place of meeting, Soul 152.
±mōtstōw f. place of meeting, forum.
mōtung f. conversation, discussion, OEG. [‘mooting’]
mōtweorð (u2) qualified to attend the moot, EC 343´.
moðfreten moth-eaten.
mōðor = mōdor
moððe f. ‘moth,’ MtL (mohðe).
mucgwyrt f. artemisia, mugwort, Lcd.
mucxle = muscelle
mūdrica = mȳderce
mūga m. ‘mow,’ heap of corn, Æ.
mugwyrt = mucgwyrt
mūl m. mule. [L. mulus]
mūlhyrde m. mule-keeper, ÆGr 355.
+mun (w. g.) mindful, remembering, AO 4811.
±munan (usu. +) pres. 1, 3 sg. man (mon), 2 manst, pl. munon, pret. munde swv. to think about, be mindful of, remember, Bl, Jul, Lk; Æ, AO, CP: consider. [‘i-mune’]
mund f. I. † hand: palm (of the hand, as a measure): trust, security, protection, guardianship, Æ: protector, guardian: the king’s peace: fine for breach of the laws of protection or guardianship of the king’s peace, v. LL 2·555; 641. [cp. Ger. vormund]
II. m. money paid by bridegroom to bride’s father, bridegroom’s gift to bride, Cr 93.
mundbeorg m. protecting hill, PPs 1242.
mundberd = mundbyrd
mundbora m. protector, preserver, guardian, advocate, Æ: prefect.
mundbryce (i2) m. breach of the laws of protection or guardianship, LL: fine for the breach of such laws.
mundbyrd f. protection, patronage, help: fine for a breach of the peace, LL.
+mundbyrdan to protect, Bo.
mundbyrdnes f. protection: security, independence: protector, guardian, advocate.
mundbyre = mundbyrde (ds. of mundbyrd)
mundcræft m. protecting power, Lcd 1·38413.
munde v. munan.
+munde = +mynde
mundgripe † m. hand-grasp.
mundheals f. protection? Cr 445.
±mundian to protect, watch over, act as guardian of, Æ.
mundiend m. protector, TC 5258.
mund-lēow, -lēu, -lāu. f. wash-hand basin, WW. [ON. munnlaug]
mundrōf strong with the hands, Rd 843.
mundwist f. guardianship, protection, NC 310.
munecian to make a monk of, LL. [‘monk’]
munetere = mynetere
mungung = mynegung
+muning f. remembrance.
munt m. mountain, hill, Æ, AO, CP. [L. montem]
muntælfen f. mountain-nymph, WW 1894.
muntclȳse f. mountain prison, W 84h.
muntland n. hill-country, Lk 139.
munuc m. ‘monk,’ BH, RB (e2): (used also of women), A 27·255. [L. monachus]
munucbehāt n. monastic vow, HL 1881,95.
munuccild n. child intended for monastic life, Æ.
munuccnapa m. young monk, GD.
munucgegyrela m. monastic garb, BH 3427.
munuchād m. monastic orders, the monastic life, Æ, BH; CP. [‘monkhood’]
munuchēap m. company of monks.
munucian (e2) to make a monk of, LL. [‘monk’]
munuclic monkish, monastic, BH; Æ. adv. -līce. [‘monkly’]
munuclīf n. monastic life, Æ: cloister, monastery, Æ, AO.
munucrēaf n. monk’s garb, GD 2717.
munucregol m. monastic rule, mode of life, Æ: a body of monks under a certain rule, TC 54412.
munucscrūd n. monk’s garb, ÆP 1425.
munucstōw f. place of monks, BH 23625.
munucðēaw m. monastic rule, ANS 84·7.
munucwīse f. fashion of a monk, ÆL 6·247.
mūr m. wall. [L. murus]
mūrbēam = mōrbēam
mūrberie = mōrberie
murc dismal, wretched, PPs 1456. [myrce]
murcian to murmur, complain, repine, grieve, CP.
murcn- = murc-
murcnere m. complainer, RB 215.
murcung f. complaining, lamentation, sorrow, CP.
murge = myrge
murnan3 (and wv.) to care, be anxious or fearful about, An, Bo, Wald: ‘mourn,’ sorrow, bemoan, Wy: long after, An 37.
murra = myrra
murre = myrre
mūs f. gs. mūs, mūse, nap. mȳs ‘mouse,’ Bo; Æ; Mdf: muscle (of the arm), WW 1586.
mus-celle, -cule f. shell-fish, mussel. [L.]
muscflēote f? a small fly found in wine (must-flēoge? BT), WW 12122.
muscle = muscelle
mūsepise f. mouse-pea, vetch, WW 14835.
mūsfealle (a2) f. mouse-trap, WW.
mūsfealu mouse-coloured, WW 4489.
mūshafoc n. mouse-hawk, buzzard, WW.
musle = muscelle
must m. ‘must,’ new wine, Bo; Æ. [L. mustum]
-mūtian v. be-m.
mūtung f. ‘mutuum,’ loan, WW 44930.
mūð m. ‘mouth,’ opening, door, gate, Æ, BH, CP, Mt.
mūða m. mouth (of a river), estuary, AO, Chr: (†) entrance to a house, door.
mūðādl f. mouth-disease, WW.
mūðberstung f. eruption of the mouth, WW.
mūðbona m. devourer, B 2079.
mūðcoðu f. mouth-disease, WW.
mūðettan to blab out, let out, Æ (6160).
mūðfrēo free to speak, PPs 114.
mūðhǣl n. wholesome speech, Ex 552.
mūðhrōf m. palate, OEG 332.
mūðlēas mouthless, Rd 619.
muxle = muscelle
myce? (ES 43·309), mycel (LWS) = micel
mycg (i) m. ‘midge,’ Cp, Lcd, WW.
mycgern (i) n. internal fat, suet, WW. [‘midgern’]
mycgnet n. mosquito-net, WW 18313 (i).
mycl- = micl-
myd- = mid-
mydd n. bushel, AO 19012. [L. modius]
myderce f. money-box, chest, Æ.
mȳgð = mǣgð
myhtig = mihtig
myl n. dust, JAW 32; ES 41·163. [Ger. müll]
mylc = meolc
mylcen adj. of milk.
myldan = miltan
-myldan v. be-m.
myle- = mylen-
mylen mf. ‘mill,’ KC, LL, RB; Mdf.
mylengafol n. mill-tax, mill-rent? NC 310.
mylenhwēol n. ‘mill-wheel,’ Lcd.
mylenscearp † sharpened on the grindstone.
mylenstān m. grindstone, WW. [‘millstone’]
mylentroh n. mill-trough, mill-conduit, WW.
mylenwaru f., mylenwer m. mill-weir, mill-dam, Ct.
mylenwyrd, myleweard m. tenant of a (manorial) mill, WW. [‘millward’]
mylier (EC 1791) = myle(n)wer?
mylma m. retreat? GPH 398150.
myln = mylen
myltan = (1) meltan; (2) miltan
myltenhūs n. brothel, ES 9·39.
myltestre (e, i) f. prostitute, Æ. [L. meretricem]
myltestrehūs n. brothel, WW 1862.
mymerian to keep in memory, remember, W 7415.
+mynan = +munan
±mynd (usu. +) fn. memory, remembrance, Æ, BH, Met: memorial, record, Æ: act of commemoration, Bl, MH: thought, purpose, Bl. on +m. niman to recollect. [‘mind’]
+myndblīðe memorial, EPs 10113; 13413 (i).
+mynddæg f. commemoration day, anniversary, BH.
+mynde I. mindful, El 1064.
II. river-mouth, BH 39817 (v. JAW 31).
+myndewyrðe worth mentioning, BH 48612.
±myndgian to remember, be mindful of: (w. g.) remind, W: intend: commemorate, mention, PPs: exhort, warn: demand payment, LL 206, 1, 2. +myndgod aforesaid. [‘ming’]
myndgiend m. one who reminds, B 1105.
myndgung f. admonition, CP: remembrance.
±myndig mindful, Mk. se +myndiga the aforesaid. [‘mindy’]
+myndiglic = +myndlic
+myndiglicnes f. remembrance, SPs 10113.
±myndlēas foolish, senseless, Æ.
+myndlic memorable. adv. -līce by heart, Æ.
+myndlȳst f. madness, ZDA 3122.
+myndstōw f. monument, tomb.
+myndwyrðe = +myndewyrðe
myne I. † m. memory, remembrance: feeling, affection, love, favour. m. witan to love: purpose, desire, wish: memorial. [ †munan]
II. m. minnow, WW.
+myne I. mindful, MtR 523.
II. pres. subj. of +munan.
mynecen, mynecenu f. female monk, nun, WW; Æ. [‘minchen’; munuc]
mynegiendlic hortatory, CM 30.
mynegung f. warning, admonition, exhortation, Æ: claim.
mynelic desirable, Wid 4.
mynescilling = menescilling
mynet n. coin, money, Cp, Lcd, MtR. [‘mint’; L. moneta]
mynetcȳpa m. money-changer, ÆH 1·412.
mynetere m. ‘minter,’ coiner, Æ: money-changer, Mt; Æ.
mynetian to coin, LL 158[14].
mynetīsen n. coinage, ÆL 23447.
mynetslege m. minting, coinage, ÆL 23475.
mynetsmiððe f. mint, LL 158[14,1].
myng- = myneg-, myndg-
mynian to intend, be impelled: direct oneself towards an object, AS 19 (e).
mynig- = myneg-
mynit = mynet
mynle f. desire, Met 2667.
mynnan = mynian
mynster (æ2) n. monastery, nunnery, BH: mother-church, ‘minster,’ cathedral, LL. [L. monasterium]
mynsterbōc f? minster-book, NC 310.
mynsterclǣnsung f. purification of a minster.
mynsterclūse f. monastic enclosure, stall, cell, CM 22.
mynsterfæder m. abbot, GD 2931.
mynsterfǣmne f. nun, BH 2019.
mynstergang m. act of joining an order of monks, LL (14623)
mynstergēat n. monastery gate, GD 1452.
mynsterhām m. monastic house, monastery.
mynsterhata m. persecutor of monasteries, W 16528.
mynsterlic monastic, Æ. adv. -līce.
mynsterlīf n. monastic life, Æ: cloister, monastery.
mynstermann m. monk, Æ.
mynstermunuc m. monk who lives in a monastery (i.e. not an anchorite), Æ.
mynsterprafost m. provost of a monastery, TC 4344.
mynsterprēost m. priest of a church or minster, LL (2548).
mynsterscīr f. control of a monastery, BH 45811.
mynsterstede m. monastic buildings, GD 18219.
mynsterstōw f. place of a minster, town, BH 16016.
mynstertimbrung f. building of a monastery, GD 14711.
mynsterðēaw m. monastic custom, BH 45212.
mynsterðegnung f. monastic service, RB 8517.
mynsterwīse f. custom of a monastery.
±myntan to intend, determine, resolve, Æ, Bo: think, B, Jud: bring forth, Sc 2151: give up to, LL 400[3]. [‘mint,’ ‘i-munte’]
myranhēafod n. mare’s head (a nick-name), Chr 1010e.
myrce == mirce
myre (Æ, AO) = miere
myrenæddra = merenæddra
myrgan to be ‘merry,’ rejoice, PPs.
myrge adj. (e, i, u) pleasing, agreeable, Æ, Bo, Met (e): pleasant, sweet, DHy (e). adv. myriglīce pleasantly, melodiously, GD 2861. [‘merry’]
myrgelēoð n. epitaph? BH 9412 (b).
myrgen I. f. joy, pleasure, Met (Introd.) 5.
myrgnes f. melody, WW 3331.
myrgð (e, i), myrhð f. ‘mirth,’ joy, pleasure, sweetness (of sound), Æ, Bo.
myrig- = myrg-
mȳrlic = mǣrlic
myrr- = mierr-
myrra I. m. sweet cicely (plant).
II. (u) f. ‘myrrh,’ Æ.
myrrelse f. offence, scandal, stumbling-block, Jul 338.
myrten I. n. flesh of an animal which has died of itself, carrion, LL.
II. adj. dead (of animals which have not been killed), LL.
myrð = myrgð
myrðra m. homicide, murderer.
-myrðran, -myrðrian v. for-, of-m.
myrðrung f. parricide, murder, WW 46721.
myrw- = mearuw- (v. mearu)
mȳs v. mūs.
myscan to afflict, PPs.
+myscan to defile, OEG 1747.
mysci sbpl. flies, PPs 10427.
mȳse = mēse
mytting = mitting
+mȳðe n. (usu. pl.) mouth, confluence, junction of two streams, BH, Ct.
myx = meox
myx- = mix-
nā (ō) adv. conj. not, no, not at all, not even, never, by no means, Æ, AO, CP. nā ðæt ān not only. nā...nā neither...nor. ne nā nor. nā mā no more, ÆGr, Bl. [‘no mo’] nā māre sb. nothing more, Bo, Mk. [‘no more’]
nab- = naf-
nabban anv. pres. 1 sg. næbbe, 2 næfst, 3 nafað, næfð, pl. nabbað, næbbað; pret. næfde (v. habban) not to have, to lack, be without, Bo (+næfd), Jn; AO, CP. [v. ‘have’]
naca † m. vessel, boat, ship. [Ger. nachen]
naced = nacod
±nacian, +nacodian to lay bare, strip.
nacod, nacud (æ) (+) I. adj. ‘naked,’ nude, bare, Æ; CP: empty: not fully clothed.
II. f. nakedness.
nacodnes (æ) f. nakedness, Æ.
næ adv. = ne
nǣbre = nǣfre
næcad (Cp 499e ‘exserta’) = nacod
±nǣcan (hnǣcan) to kill, Æ.
næcedu f. nakedness, MFH 169.
næct = niht
nædder- = nǣder-
nædderfāh snake-coloured, HL 15183.
næddre (CP) = nǣdre
næddrewinde f. adder-wort, WW 28716.
nǣderbīta m. ichneumon, WW.
nǣdl (ē) f. ‘needle,’ Soul, WW; Æ.
nǣdre (ē) f. ‘adder,’ snake, serpent, viper, Mt; AO, CP.
nǣdrewyrt (der) f. adder-wort.
næfig (NG) = næftig
næfne = nefne
nǣfre (ē) adv. ‘never,’ B, Bo, Bl, G; CP. [ne, ǣfre]
næfst v. nabban.
næft f. need, want, poverty, Sc 1573,7.
næftcyrrend not returning, CP 7739. [neft, ne eft]
næftig poor, Sc 1901.
±nǣgan I. † (ē) (often followed by wordum) to accost, speak to.
nægel = nægl
nægen = ne mægen
nægl m. ‘nail,’ peg, AO; Æ: finger-nail, toe-nail, claw, Æ: plectrum, Wyrd 84: (in comp.) handle.
nægledbord † with nailed sides.
nægledcnearr m. nail-fastened vessel, †Chr 937.
nægledcræt n. iron chariot.
nægledsinc n. studded vessel, B 2023.
±næglian ‘to nail,’ fasten with nails, MtLR; Æ.
næglsex n. knife for cutting the nails, WW. [seax; v. ‘nail’]
næglspere n. (sharp) nail, Cp 260u.
nǣh = nēah
nǣhsta = nīehsta
nǣht = nāht
nællæs = nealles
næm = neom
nǣm f. taking, receiving, NC 311.
+nǣman to take away, Guth 1411.
nǣmel receptive, NC 311. [= numol]
nǣming f. bargain, contract, WW 18017.
næmne = nefne
næmniendlic = nemniendlic
nǣnig pron. no one, none, not any, no (used as sb. with gen. and as adj.). nǣnige ðinga (S 320) adv. not at all, in no wise. [ne, ǣnig]
nǣnig-wuht, -uht in no wise, nothing.
nǣniht (NG) = nānwiht
nǣnne v. nān.
nǣp m. turnip, rape, Cp, Lcd. [‘neep’]
nǣpsǣd n. rape seed, Lcd.
næpte = nefte
nǣre, nǣron (Æ, AO, CP) = ne wǣre, ne wǣron
nǣrende ptc. not being. [ne, wesan]
nǣrra = nēara
næs I. (AO, CP) = ne wæs.
II. adv. not, not at all, CP. [= nalæs]
næsc fawn-skin, Gl, Lcd.
næse (NG) = nese
næsgristle f. nose-gristle, Gl.
næs-hlið n. dp. -hleoðum declivity, slope (of a headland), B 1428.
næss (e), næssa m. ‘ness,’ cliff, headland, cape, B: (†) earth, ground.
+næstan to contend (wið), Rd 2810.
næster ‘caucale,’ an umbelliferous plant? wild carrot? WW 2021.
næsðȳrl n. nostril, Æ.
±nǣtan to annoy, afflict, press upon, subdue, CP.
nǣting f. blaming, CP 35311.
nǣðl = nǣdl
II. = ne hafa imperat. of nabban.
nafela m. navel, Æ, AO.
nafeða m. nave (of a wheel), WW 10627.
nafogār m. ‘auger,’ Gl, WW.
nafu f. nave (of a wheel), Bo.
nafula = nafela
nafulsceaft f. navel, Lcd 3·12422.
+nāg striking, pressing? Rim 57?
nāgan* pres. 3 sg. nāh; pret. nāhte, nāhton not to owe, not to be bound, not to be allowed, to have no right to, not to own, not to have, to lose, be unable to, AO. nāhte ought not. [ne, āgan]
nāht (ǣ, āu, ō) I. n. ‘naught,’ nothing, Æ: wickedness, evil-doing, CP (nāwht). instr. nāhte w. comparatives = nothing.
II. useless, bad, poor.
III. adv. not, not at all, CP. [nā, wiht]
nāhte v. nāgan.
nāhtfremmend m. evil-doer, PPs 582.
nāhtgītsung [nāuht-] f. wicked avarice, CP 3335.
nāhtlic good for nothing, worthless, of no avail, Chr 979e. adv. -līce wickedly, badly, VPs (ō). [‘noughtly’]
nāhtnes f. worthlessness, Chr 449a.
nāhtscipe f. worthlessness, Chr 449e.
nāh-wǣr, -wǣrn adv. ‘nowhere,’ in no case, never, not at all, A, Æ, Bl; GD (ō).
nāhwæðer pron. and conj. neither, CP. [‘nauther’]
nāhwār = nāhwǣr
nāhwider ‘no-whither,’ nowhere, Bo, RB.
nāhwonan adv. from nowhere.
nalæs, nalas, nales (AO, CP), nalles (CP), nals = nealles
nalde (N, VPs) = nolde pret. of *nyllan.
II. (N) = ne eom
nām f. (legal) seizure, LL.
nama (o) m. ‘name,’ Æ; AO, CP: noun, ÆGr.
nambōc (o) f. register of names (in a book), WW 34211.
nambred (o) n. register of names (on a tablet), WW 49940. [Ger. brett]
namcūð well-known, celebrated, Æ.
namcūðlīce adv. by name, Æ.
±namian to ‘name,’ mention, Æ: nominate, appoint.
nammǣlum adv. by name, OEG 880.
+namna m. companion, Rd 533; 5413?
namnian to address, invoke, Æ.
nāmrǣden f. learning, WW 4318.
nān as. nǣnne, nānne I. pron. and adj. ‘none,’ not one, no, Bl, Chr, Ct, HL. nāna ðinga on no account.
II. sb. w. g. none, no one, nothing, Bo, Jn, RB. [nē, ān]
nān-wiht, -(w)uht I. n. (often w. g.) nothing, naught, AO, CP.
II. adv. not at all, in no wise.
nard m. spikenard, unguent. [L. nardus]
naru = nearu
nas = næs = ne wæs
nasðȳrl = næsðȳrl
nasu = nosu
nāt (Bo, Jn) = ne wāt, v. nytan.
nāteshwōn (Æ), nāteðæshwōn adv. not, not at all, by no means.
nāthwā adj. pron. some one (nescio quis).
nāthwǣr adv. somewhere or other.
nāthwæt pron. something or other.
nāt-hwilc, -hwylc adj. pron. (indef.) (I know not which), some one or other.
nātōhwōn, nātōðæshwōn = nāteshwōn
nāðēlǣs (AO) = nāðȳlǣs
nāðer (Æ, AO, CP), nāðor (Æ) = nāhwæðer