A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - Part 87
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---- _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 23

Mock, _v. a._ Pol S. 238

Mody, _adj._ == proud. Body and Soul 3. AS. modig

Molest, _sb._ == sorrow. Alys. 5443, 5811

Mon, == shall, as 'mon grinde.' Ps. xxviii. 6; [mone]. Ps. lxviii. 37. ON.

mun

Mon, _indef. p.r.o.n._ == 'one;' as the Germ. 'man.' O. and N. 455

Monday. RG. 495

Mone, _sb._ See Mon

Mone, _sb._ == companion. K. Horn, 540. AS. gemana

Mone, == share, portion. K. Horn, 1147. AS. gemaene

Mone, _sb._ == saying, proverb. Alys. 1281. ON. munnr

---- == opinion. HD. 816. AS. monian, manian

Mone, _sb._ == wrong, harm? RG. 315. AS. man

Mone, _v. a._ == tell, repeat. Wright's L. P. p. 92. AS. maenan?

Mones, == many? Ps. lxv. 5

Monk, _sb._ RG. 105, 369

Monoceros, _sb._ == an animal with one horn. Alys. 5721, 6539

Monscip, _sb._ == mercy. Marg. 69; or possibly 'honour.' See Gloss. Rem.

to La?. iii. 439

Month, _sb._ RG. 44, 399, 435

Mood, _sb._ == temper. RG. 15; disposition. RG. 61; [med]. RG. 157

Moodiness, _sb._ O. and N. 1403

Moody, _adj._ O. and N. 500. Wright's L. P. p. 44

Moor, _sb._ Pol. S. 216

Moorhen, _sb._ Pol. S. 158

Mopish, _adj._ == foolish, silly. 78 B.

Mor. See Mayor

More, _sb._ == root. RG. 39, 352. 'Moren' is used by La?amon, but the etymology is uncertain

---- _v. a._ == root up. RG. 499

More, _adj._ == greater. RG. 421

---- == more (of quant.i.ty). 814 B.

---- _adv._ == rather. RG. 453

Moretide, _sb._ == morrow tide. Alys. 4106. AS. morgentid

More?eiing. See Morning

Morheden, _vb._ 3 pl. pret. == murmured. Ps. cv. 25. AS. murcnian. Dut.

morren

Morning, _sb._ [morweninge]. RG. 558; [more?eiing]. O. and N. 1716

Morrow, _sb._ [morwe]. RG. 382; [marewe]. Wright's L. P. p. 41. AS. morgen

Morsel, _sb._ RG. 342

Morselmeal, _adv._ == in pieces, or morsels. St Kath. 250

Mortar, _sb._ == cement, RG. 128

Mortar, _sb._ == an instrument in which substances are pounded. Alys. 332

Mose, _sb._ == hedgesparrow. O. and N. 69. Cf. AS. mase, a t.i.tmouse, and ON. musa-rindill, pa.s.ser troglodytes

Most, _adj._ == greatest. 184, 123 B.

Mostdel, == most part. RG. 287

Mot, _sb._ == dispute, moot. O. and N. 468.

Mot, _adj._ == mute? Wright's L. P. p. 31. Fr. mut, muet

Mote, _vb. pres._ == may. RG. 508.

---- == must, 826 B. pret. 'moste' == must, should. RG. 53, 367; 2 s.

pret. 'mostest.' 1214 B.

Mother, _sb._ RG. 465