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méðe

  • adjective
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Grammar
méðe, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
weary, exhausted (with labour, hunger, disease, etc.)
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  • Hé hine ðǽr hwíle reste, méðe æfter ðam miclan gewinne,

    • Rood Kmbl. 129
      • ;
    • Kr. 65
      • .

  • Méðeand meteleás,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1220
      • ;
    • El. 612: 1392
      • ;
    • El. 698: Exon. 90 b
      • ;
    • Th. 340, 15
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 111.

  • Méðe for ðám miclan bysgum

    exhausted by disease,

    • 49 a
      • ;
    • Th. 168, 25
      • ;
    • Gú. 1083.

  • Mé swá méðum (

    exhausted from want of food

    ),
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1620
      • ;
    • El. 812
      • .

  • Méðne

    fessum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 26: Exon. 47 b
      • ;
    • Th. 163, 3
      • ;
    • Gú. 988: 49 b
      • ;
    • Th. 171, 23
      • ;
    • Gú. 1131.

  • Méðe stódon, hungre gehæfte,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2316
      • ;
    • An. 1159: 78
      • ;
    • An. 39.

  • Hié slǽp ofereode méðe be mæste,

    • 929
      • ;
    • An. 465.
weary in mind, troubled, sad
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  • Ðé unrótne, méðne, módseócne,

    • Exon. 51 a
      • ;
    • Th. 177, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 1235.

  • Hyge geómurne, méðne módsefan,

    • 52 a
      • ;
    • Th. 182, 16
      • ;
    • Gú. 1311.

  • Ongunnon sorhleóþ galan, ðá hié woldon síðian méðe fram ðam mǽran þeódne,

    • Rood Kmbl. 137
      • ;
    • Kr. 69.

  • Méðra fréfrend

    comforter of the weary-hearted,

    • Exon. 62 a
      • ;
    • Th. 227, 13
      • ;
    • Ph. 422.
troublesome, causing weariness
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  • Nelle ðú mé moeðe ł hefig wosa

    noli mihi molestus esse,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 7.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. móði
:
Icel. móðr weary, exhausted
:
O. H. Ger. muodi fessus, fatigatus, lassus
:
Ger. müde.
]
Linked entries
v.  méðig.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “méðe.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22751.

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