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MǼD

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
MǼD, e and we; mǽdwe, an; f. also (?) mǽdwa, an; m. A
Wright's OE grammar
§264; §266; §379; §381;
MEAD, meadow
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  • Mǽd

    pratum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 57
    • ;
    • Som. 67, 75
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 38, 1 : 96
    • ;
    • Som. 76, 45
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 53, 52. xii
  • æcras an westhealfe ðære strǽte and án médwa beneoþan ðæm hliþe

    xii acres on the west side of the road, and one meadow beneath the hill,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. vi
  • æcras mǽde on ða geréfmǽde,

    • 53, 2. xvi
  • gioc ærþelandes and médwe,

    • i. 316, 26.
  • On Wíferþes mǽduan hege

    to the hedge of Wiferth's meadow,

    • iii. 78, 21.
  • Andlang heges on Eomeres mǽduan,

    (cf. on Eomeres médwa
    • 405, 24
    • );
  • of ðam mǽduan . . . andlang burnan on Hereferþes mǽduan,

    • 78, 6-9.
  • Tó wudumǽdwan; of ðæm mǽdwan,

      246, 22.
  • (In the last two passages perhaps the forms are plural as in)

    Tó ðǽm mǽdwum wið súðan ða mǽdwa,

    • 169, 2-3.
  • [Mid lǽswe and mid mǽdwe,

    • Chr. 777
    • ;
    • Erl. 55, 12.
    • ]
  • Gelíce and mon mǽd máwe

    just as one mows a meadow,

    • Ors. 2, 8
    • ;
    • Swt. 92, 15.
    ]
  • xiiii æceras and ða mǽde ðe ðár tó líþ Ðúnstán gebohte æt Uhtlufe

    xiiii acres and the meadow pertaining thereto Dunstan bought of Uhtlufu,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 34.
  • Norþrihte on mǽre mǽde westewearde,

    • iii. 416, 18.
  • Of ðere ealdan díc ðæt on wylihte mǽdwan; of wylihte mǽdwan,

    • 235, 16.
  • On rýdmǽdwan ufewarde,

    • 378, 14.
  • Eahta æceras mǽdwa . . . xii æceras mǽdwa,

    • 4, 12-13.
  • Mǽda

    prata,

    • Hpt. Gl. 409, 38.
  • Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on mǽdum

    this plant is produced in meadows,

    • Herb. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 70, 2.
Etymology
[Cf.
Ger. mähde a meadow.
]
Similar entries
v. gafol-, geréf-, mór-mǽd; mǽþ.
Linked entries
v.  mǽdwa wudu-mǽd.
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