A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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
