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meox

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
meox, mix, myx, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §49; §98; §171; §327;
Muck, dung, ordure, dirt
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  • Meox

    stercus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32
    • ;
    • Som. 12, 17:

    coenum,

    • 13
    • ;
    • Som. 16, 6:

    rudera velruina,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 12
    • .
  • Fugeles meox

    avium stercus,

    • L. Ecg. P. add. 10
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 232, 32.
  • Ðæt treów biþ bedolfen and mid meoxe beworpen ... ðæt meox is ðæt gemynd his fúlan dǽda ... Hwæt is fúlre ðonne meox?

    • Homl. Th. ii. 408, 29-33: Lk. Skt. 13, 8.
  • Licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox (Cott. MS. miox) under feltúne,

    • Bt. 36, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 172, 11: Homl. Skt. 2, 241
    • .
  • Heó eall forseah on meoxes gelícnysse,

    • 8, 38.
  • Ða nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe,

    • Homl. Th. i. 118, 15.
  • Búton hé ǽrest áríse of ðam reócendum meoxe,

    • ii. 320, 23.
  • Ðone hláf ðe biþ tó meoxe áwend,

    • i. 258, 2.
  • meohxe,

    • Ps. Th. 82, 8.
  • Meoxe (meoxene?)

    sterquilinio,

    • Hpt. Gl. 488, 21.
  • Mixe, horwe

    ceno, i. luto,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 70.
  • Of myxe dustes

    de fece pulveris,

    • Hy. Surt. 136, 1.
  • Meoxa

    stercorum,

    • 484, 22.
Etymology
[
Mid. E. mix, mex
:
Frs. miux
: cf.
Goth. maihstus
:
O. H. Ger. mist.
]
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v.  mix.
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