A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - Part 81
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Maid, _sb._ RG. 431

Maiden, _sb._ RG. 435

Maidenclean, _adj._ HD. 995; and see Wright's L. P. p. 82

Maidenhead, _sb._ == virginity. RG. 95

Maim, _v. a._ part. 'ymaimed.' RG. 288. Fr. mahaigner, mahain

Main, _sb._ == power. RG. 564

---- == host or army. RG. 436. AS. maegen

Mainhede, _sb._ == mult.i.tude. Ps. x.x.x. 20

Maintain, _v. a._ RG. 407

Maintenant, _adv._ == at once, immediately. Alys. 5302

Maistrie, _sb._ == craft, science. Alys. 43, 5591. Fr. maistrie. Lat.

magister

---- == mastery, _q. v._

Make, _v. a._ RG. 376; 3s. pres. 'mas.' Ps. xxviii. 10; pret. 'made.' RG.

279, 372; part, 'ymaked.' Wright's L. P. p. 111

Make, _sb._ == mate. Wright's L. P. p. 28

Making, _sb._ == creation. Ps. cxlii. 5

Malapert, _adj._ Alys. 3259

Male, _sb._ == bag, satchel. HD. 48. Fr. malle. OHG. malaha

Malese, _sb._ == discomfort. Alys. 7366; written 'male ese.' Alys. 1351

Malison, _sb._ == curse. HD. 426

Mallock, _sb._ == cursing. Ps. ix. 28; xiii. 3

Maltalent, _sb._ == ill-will. Alys. 906

Man, _sb._ RG. 89, 377, 454

Manacle, _v. a._ part. 'mankled.' Pol. S. 218

Mandeflanc, _sb._ 893 B. probably a mistake for 'mau-de-flanc,' a pain in the side

Mandment, _sb._ == commandment. RG. 194, 201

Mandrake, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 26

Manging, _sb._ == mongering, changing. Ps. xliii. 13. AS. mangian

Mangle, _sb._ == confusion; 'in mangle' == entangled. Alys. 7412

Mangonel, _sb._ [magnale]. RG. 394, 549. Fr. mangonne. Gr. ???a???

Manhood, _sb._ == humanity, as opposed to G.o.dhead or Divinity. RG. 131

---- == manliness. RG. 101

---- == homage. RG. 421, 259

Manifold, _adj._ RG. 378

Manihede, _sb._ == mult.i.tude, number. Ps. cl. 2

Manke, _sb._ == plenty. M. Ode, 35. AS. menigeo

Mankind, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 70

Manliched, _sb._ == mercy. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22

Manlike, _adv._ == manlily. Ps. x.x.x. 25

Manly, _adj._ 149 B.

Manna, _sb._ Ps. lxxvii. 24

Manner, _sb._ RG. 381

Manor, _sb._ RG. 497

Manqualm, _sb._ == slaughter of men. RG. 416

Manqueller, _sb._ RG. 455. Judas, 140

Manrede, _sb._ == homage. HD. 484. AS. man-r?den

Mansing, _sb._ == cursing. RG. 472, 504. AS. a-mansumian

Manslaughter, _sb._ [mansla?t.] RG. 394

Manslayer, _sb._ Ps. lviii. 3

Manticore, _sb._ == a kind of serpent. Alys. 7094; the 'mantichora' of Pliny, H. N. viii. 30, 45. See also the Anturs of Arthur, st. 43, and Skelton's Phyllyp Sparowe, v. 294