mere,  mare.      C.  543.
mergen*  (merien,  rnerigen),
2m.  morn,  morrow ;  to  men^
gen,  to-morrow.
merie,  pleasant.     L.  8.
merye,  pleasant.     C.  208.
merveilous,  marvellous.     G.
mesayse,  mis  ease,  sorrow.    A.  L

mesauntere,  mischance,  misfor-
tune. R.
meschief,  misfortune.     C.  495.
meseise,  calamity.     R.
message  re,  messenger.  G.  46.
message rs,  messengers.  A.  R.
messe  (A.  S.  maesse),  mass.  O.
32-

messe-boc,  mass-book.      O.  31.
mest,  adj.  and  adv.  most,  great-
est. A.  R.  ;  A.  L;  R.  7.  //,
meste  ;  meste  fon,  greatest  foes
R.  136.
rnestedel,  most  part.     R.
m ester,  trade.      C.  615.
mesurable,  moderate.     C.  437.
met  (A.  S.  msetan),  p.s.
dreamed.  G.  139,  153.
£^-met,  *  2n.  measure,  boundary;

^metan,*    to   meet,    meet  ^vith,

find,  get ;  p.  mette  ;  pp.  ^met,

^meted.     Joh.  i.  43.
metan*  (12),  to  mete,   measure;

p.s.    maet ;    //.    mseton ;    pp.
meten.
mete,*  mette,    2  n.  meat,  food;

ccena.     69:31.
mete,  yW.     A.  R.;  O.     bidde

ys  mete,  beg  his  food.    R.  117.
pi.  metess.     O.
mete.    P.  C.    126.      "Middling


^metfaest]


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(or  poor)  as  the  shoes  were.     It

is  the  A.  S.  maete,   middling,

mean."     Skeat.
^metfaest,*     moderate,     modest.
Bs.
^metgian,*     to     mete,    temper,

moderate,   regulate,   govern,   re-

strain ;  p.  -ode  ;  pp.  -od.    Bs.
me  thinketh  (A.  S.  me  \>  ind5),

it  seems  to  me.     C.  37.
meting,*  j/I  a  painting,  picture.
64:25.
mett,  measure,   moderation,  mod-

esty ;    wi])f>    mett   annd   mae]>.
O.  H437-
meiten,  *  p.pL  found.      Os.    See


meftig,*  weaned,  tired,  faint.  Os.
miccel.*     See  mi  eel.
micclum,*     micclan,     greatly,

much.
micel,*     mycel,    much,    great,

loud;  comp.  mara  (ma);  super  I.
maest.      58:21  ;  62:21,  22.
mikell,    much,    many.      0.    18.
tnikell  ping.     O.  11410.
mycelnys,  *  ^f.  greatness,  magni-

tude.
micle,*  adv.  much.      Os.
