Part 12
#Libben#, _v._ to live, XV _a_ 10; #Libbe#, _1 sg. pres._ XV _c_ 5; #Libbeth#, #Lybbeth#, _pres. pl._ VIII _a_ 20, 71. [OE. _libban_, _libbe_, _libbaþ_.] _See_ Liue(n).
#Lich(e)#; #Lyckend#. _See_ Lyk; Likne.
#Lie#, _v._ to tell lies, VIII _a_ 227. [OE. _lē(o)gan_.]
#Lye#. _See_ Ligge(n).
#Lif#, #Lyfe# (obl. stem #Lif-#, and #Lyu-# &c.), _n._ life, manner of life, lifetime, I 199, V 44, VI 32, VIII _a_ 170, XI _a_ 57, _b_ 40, XVII 398, &c.; #Liffe#, XVI 66; #Liif#, II 124, &c.; living being, IV _a_ 43, XII _a_ 117, 121; _lef liif_, beloved (one), II 102, *406. #Lyfes#, _gen. sg._ IX 328; #Lyueȝ#, VI 117 (_see_ Longe, _adv._), 218; #Liue#, #Lyue#, _dat. sg._ II 583 (being still alive), III 16, XII _a_ 168; _bi my lyue_, during my life, VIII _a_ 95; _yn þys lyue_, in this world, I 170; _vpon lyue_, alive (_lede vpon l._ = man), V 27. [OE. _līf_.] _See_ Liue(n).
#Lyf-holynesse#, _n._ holiness of life, VIII _b_ 84. [OE. _līf_ + _hālignes_.]
#Lyflich#, _adj._ active, XIV _c_ 93. [OE. _līf-lic_.]
#Liflode#, #Lyflode#, _n._ (means of) living, sustenance, food, VIII _a_ 17, 230, 267, 284, _b_ 43, 47, XII _b_ 25. [OE. _līf-lād_.]
#Lift#, #Lyfte#, #Left#, _adj._ left (hand, &c.), V 78, IX 69, XIII _b_ 39, &c. [OE. _lyft_.]
#Lift#, _n._ sky, X 100. [OE. _lyft_.] _See_ Loft(e).
#Lyfte#, _v._ to raise, IV _a_ 15, V 241; #Lyft(e)#, _pp._ IV _a_ 9, VI 207 (_see_ Lyþer). [ON. _lyfta_.]
#Lyf-tyme#, _n._ lifetime, VIII _a_ 27. [OE. _līf_ + _tīma_.]
#Ligge(n)#, #Lygge#, #Lig#, _v._ to lie (down, idle, &c.), be (lodged, situated, &c.), II 74, VIII _b_ 16, XIII _a_ 53 (_subj._), XVII 409; #Lye#, VII 172, IX 19; #List# (OE. _līst_), _2 sg. pres._ XV _f_ 2; #Lyeþ#, _3 sg._ is to the point, is admissible, VIII _b_ 93; #Liggeth#, lies idle, VIII _a_ 156; #Ligis#, XVII 84; #Lys#, exists, VI 242; #Liþ# (OE. _līþ_), II 243, XII _a_ 95; #Liggeþ#, _pl._ II 441, VIII _a_ 15; #Lyse#, IV _a_ 61. #Lay#, _pa. t. sg._ I 181, II 133, IX 286, &c.; _pl._ II 394, 399, X 1 (were encamped), &c.; #Layȝ#, _subj._ XI _a_ 52. #Lyand#, _pres. p._ X 55; #Ligand#, XIV _b_ 71; #Liggeand#, II 388 (_see_ note); #Lyggyng#, I 139. _Liggen oute_, be abroad, out of doors, VIII _b_ 16. [OE. _licgan_; the _g(g)_ forms in I, XIV _b_, XVII prob. represent dial. _lig_ from ON. _liggja_.]
#Lightnes#, _n._^1 splendour, XVII 16. [OE. _lī̆ht-nes_.]
#Lightnes#, #Liȝtnesse#, _n._^2 lightness; gladness, VII 15; ease, unburdensomeness, XI _b_ 151. [OE. _lī̆ht_^2 + _-nes_.]
#Lyȝt#, #Light#, #Lyht#, _n._ light, VII 135, XI _b_ 291, XV _b_ 25. &c. [OE. _lē̆(o)ht_.)
#Liȝt#, _v._^1 to shine, II 371. [OE. _lī̆htan_.^1]
#Lyȝt#, #Liȝte#, #Light#, _v._^2 _trans._ to lighten, relieve, IV _a_ 70; _intr._ to alight, V 108; come down, V 152; #Lyht# (_on_), _pp._ lit (on), settled (on), XV _c_ 12. [OE. _lī̆thtan_.^2]
#Lyȝte#, #Liȝt#, #Lyhte#, _adj._^1 light, bright, II 369, VI 140, XV _b_ 14. [OE. _lē̆(o)ht_, _lī̆(o)ht_, adj.^1]
#Liȝte#, #Lyght#, #Liht#, _adj._^2 light, slight, easy, I _introd._, IV _a_ 49; _lete liȝte (liht) of_, make (made) light of, give little thought to, VIII _a_ 161, XIV _c_ 63; #Lyȝttere#, _compar._ easier, XI _b_ 238. [OE. _lē̆(o)ht_, _lī̆(o)ht_, adj.^2]
#Liȝtly#, #Lightly#, #Lyghtly#, _adv._ lightly, easily, IV _b_ 5, V 241, IX 14, 118. [OE. _lī̆ht-līce_.]
#Lyȝtnyng#, _n._ lightning, I 166. [From ME. _liȝtne(n)_, extended from Liȝt, _v._^1]
#Liif#. _See_ Lif.
#Lik#, _v._ to sup, taste; _lik on_, have a taste of, XVII 378; _cf._ Drynk. [OE. _liccian_.]
#Lyk(e)#, #Like#, #Lich(e)#, _adj._ and _adv._ usually foll. by _(un)to_, like, IV _a_ 16, VI 72, 141, IX 35, 98, XII _a_ 57, XVII 506. [OE._(ge-)līc_; _(ge-)līce_, adv.] _See_ Ilyche.
#Like#, #Lyke#, _v._ to please, II 251, 449, 529, VI 206, VIII _b_ 42, XI _b_ 142; _impers._ with _dat._ (as _vs liketh_, it pleases us, we please), V 66, 178, VIII _a_ 150, 286, IX 177, XII _a_ 115, XVI 321 (or _pers. pl._ 'like', as below), &c.; _ȝif ȝou lyke_, if it pleases you, IX 74 (cf. _ȝif it lyke ȝou_, 284); _for loue þat likes ille_, that are wretched bec. of love (_or_ bec. of love that is painful), XV _b_ 24; _quasi-pers._ (with _it_) V 267, IX 284; _pers._ to like, XVII 361. (OE. _līcian_.]
#Likeing#, #Likyng#, #Lykyng(e)#, _n._ delight, pleasure, IV _a_ 30, VII 20, 75, XI _b_ 158, XVII 75, &c.; _for likyng to here_, to be heard with delight, to give pleasure in the hearing, VII 71; _of gode likeing_, well-pleasing, II 599. [OE. _līcung_.]
#Likne#, #Lykne#, #Lyken#, _v._ to make like, XIII _b_ 23; to compare, IV _a_ 6, VI 140, XIV _c_ 74; #Lyckend#, _pp._ (to be) compared, IV _a_ 33. [From Lyk, _adj._]
#Liknes(se)#, _n._ likeness, appearance, XII _a_ 9, 133, 172, XVII 28. [OE. _līc-nes_.]
#Lilie#, _n._ lily, XV _b_ 17; #Lilie-flour#, lily, XV _e_ 19. [OE. _lilie_; _see_ Flour.]
#Lym(e)#, _n._ limb, member, VI 102, XIV _c_ 93; #Lemes#, _pl._ IX 80; #Limes#, #Lymes#, II 171, VIII _a_ 118, _b_ 8; _Lymmeȝ_, VI 104. [OE. _lim_; pl. _leomu_, _limu_.]
#Lymbo#, #Lymbus#, _n._ limbo; the 'border' (of hell) where the souls of the just who died before Christ awaited His coming, XVI 102, 198. [L. _limbus (patrum)_; _in limbo_.]
#Lymp(e)#, _v._ ? to limp; _lympit of the sothe_, ? stumbled from, fell short of, the truth, VII 36. [Cf. OE. _lemp-healt_, limping; MHG. _limphin_, to limp. Not recorded otherwise in E. until much later.]
#Lynage#, _n._ kindred, VIII _b_ 26; tribe, IX 163. [OFr. _li(g)nage_.]
#Lynde#, _n._ lime-tree; (allit.) tree, V 108. [OE. _línd(e)_.]
#Lyne#, _n._ sounding-line, XVII 461. [OE. _līne_; OFr. _ligne_.]
#Lynt#, _n._ lint, refuse of flax used as an inflammable stuff, X 20. [ME. _lin(e)t_, obscurely rel. to OE. _līn_ (OFr. _lin_), flax.]
#Lyoun#, _n._ lion, II 538, IX 247, 249. [OFr. _lioun_.]
#Lippe#, #Lyppe#, _n._ lip, V 238, VIII _a_ 259, XI _b_ 84, XII _a_ 181, &c. [OE. _lippa_.]
#Lyre#, _n._^1 face, XVI 119. [ON. _hlýr_.] _See_ Lere.
#Lyre#, _n._^2 flesh, calves, V 160. [OE. _līra_.]
#Lys(e)#, #List#. _See_ Ligge(n).
#List(e)#, #Lyst(e)#, _v. impers._ to desire, wish (as _me list_, I desire), IV _a_ 77, V 65, 74, XVI 68, 277; prob. _pers._ at IX 302, XVI 313; _þat hym list after_, what he has a desire for, VII 20; #List#, _pa. t._ VII 166. [OE. _lystan_.]
#Lyste#, _n._ joy, VI 107. [Alteration of Lust, under infl. of prec.; or ON. _lyst_.]
#Lystens#, _imper. pl._ listen, XIV _b_ 57. [OE. _*hlysnan_ (ONth. _lysna_) infl. by _hlystan_.]
#Lite#, _adv._ little; _bot gode lite_, of but little worth, II 258. [OE. _lȳt_.]
#Lyte#, _n._ waiting; _on lyte_, in delay, V 235. [From ME. _līten_, to expect, await, tarry; ON. _hlíta_, to trust.]
#Litel#, #-ill#, #Lytill#, #Littel#, #Lyttel#, #Lutel# (XV _c_), &c., _adj._ little, small, slight, unimportant, IV _b_ 45, VI 214 (or _adv._ 'little time there'), 244, IX 14, 21, 141, XV _a_ 6, _c_ 3, &c.; _quasi-sb._ in _a lityl(l)_, &c., a little, V 298, IX 62; ? a small piece, XV _h_ 17; somewhat (_adv._), V 199, IX 103, 110; a little way (_adv._), V 78, 103, XVII 507; _for litill_, for little cause, XVII 187; _litel or nouȝt_, little or nothing, XI _b_ 188 (_adv._), 258; _wyth lyttel_, with little result (_or_ ? soon), VI 215; #Litel#, #Litle#, #Lyttill#, _adv._ little, IV _b_ 24, VII 36, VIII _b_ 3, XI _b_ 253, &c. [OE. _lȳtel_, adj.] _See_ Lite.
#Liþ#, #Lyth#, _n._ limb, VI 38, XIV _c_ 93. [OE. _liþ_.]
#Liþ#, #Lith#. _See_ Ligge(n).
#Lyþer#, #Leder#, _adj._ bad; sluggish, XVII 289; as _sb._, in _to lyþer is lyfte_, ? is turned towards evil, VI 207. [OE. _lȳ̆þre_.]
#Liue(n)#, #Lyue(n)#, _v._ to live, II 168, VI 117, VIII _a_ 70, &c.; #Lif(fe)#, #Lyf(e)#, IV _a_ 17, 73, XVI 68, 70, XVII 4, 58, 145, &c.; #Leue#, XVI 243, 322, 353, &c.; #Lyfed#, _2 sg. pa. t._ VI 123; _pres. p._ living, (while) alive, IV _b_ 31, XII _a_ 171, XVI 55, XVII 47, 48, 73, &c.; _lyue men_, let men live, XI _a_ 46; _liuen bi_, &c., live on, II 257, VIII _b_ 26 (but _lyue on_, VIII _b_ 46, &c.); _lyue (leue) with_, live by, VIII _b_ 44, XVI 160. [OE. _lifian_, _leofian_.] _See_ Libben, Lif.
#Lo#, #Loo#, _interj._ lo! II 381, 556, XVII 239; look, see, II 505, 507; #Lew#, XVII 507; _we loo_, alas! V 140 (_see_ We, _interj._). [OE. _lā_; ME. vowel and usage show infl. of Loken.]
#Lode#, _n._ load, XII _b_ 26. [OE. _lād_.]
#Lodesman#, _n._ leader, I 39. [Cf. OE. _lād-mann_.]
#Lofers#, _n. pl._ lovers, IV _a_ 50. [From Louye.]
#Lofte#, _n._ air, in _on lofte_, aloft, V 193. [ON. _loft_, _á loft_.] _See_ Alofte, Lyft.
#Logede#, _pa. t._ dwelt, VII 62. [OFr. _logier_.]
#Loȝe#, #Loh#. _See_ Louȝ.
#Loke#, _pp._ locked, I 101. [OE. _lūcan_, pp. _locen_.] _See_ Vnlokynne.
#Loke(n)#, #Look#, _v._ to look, I 124, XVII 129, &c.; #Lokyt#, _pa. t._ VII 36; #Yloked#, _pp._ III 58. _Intr._ (i) to look, gaze, I 124, II 112, III 34, V 78, &c.; have an expression, VIII _a_ 315; appear, VIII _a_ 170; _loken (app)on_, look at, VIII _a_ 179, XI _b_ 175; read, VII 75; _on lusti to loke_, pleasant to read, VII 15; _loke agaynste_, gaze (straight) at, XVI 92; _loke to_, look at, V 265; (ii) to make investigations, VII 36; (iii) to see to it, take care; foll. by _þat_ and _subj._, II 165, XVI 152, 211; without conj., IV _a_ 19, 46, VIII _a_ 39, XIV _d_ 7, XVII 129. _Trans._ to watch over, in _God þe mot loke_, may God have you in his keeping, V 171; adjudicate, III 58; ordain, decree, VIII _a_ 313. _Loke what_, consider what (_i.e._ whatever, _interrog._), VI 103 (cf. OE. _lōc(a) hwæt_, indef.). [OE. _lōcian_.]
#Lokyng#, _n._ examination, VII 26. [From prec.]
#Lokkeȝ#, _n. pl._ locks (of hair), V 160. [OE. _locc_.]
#Lollare#, #-ere#, _n._ idler, vagabond, VIII _b_ 2, 4; #Lollarene#, _gen. pl._ VIII _b_ 31. [From ME. _lollen_, to lounge; _see_ Piers Pl. C X 215.]
#Lomb(e)#, #Lamb#, _n._ lamb, IX 142; used of Our Lord, VI 47, 53. [OE. _lómb_, _lámb_.]
#Lome#, _n._ tool, weapon, V 241, VIII _b_ 47. [OE. _lōma_.]
#Lond(e)#, #Land(e)#, _n._ land, country, soil, I 25, II 208, 355, VII 163, VIII _a_ 267, IX 179, XIV _b_ 63, &c.; _in land(e)_, on earth, XVI 68, 314, XVII 145; _þurgh land and lede_, I 227 (_see_ Lede, _n._^2). [OE. _lónd_, _lánd_.]
#Long#, _n._ lung (_see_ Levyr), XVII 399. [OE. _lungen_.]
#Longage#. _See_ Langage.
#Long(e)#, _adj._ long, II 506, IX 152, 155, &c.; _longe clothes_, clerical garb, VIII _b_ 42; tall, VIII _b_ 24; lasting long, I 203, VIII _a_ 7; _þy long home_, your eternal home (after death), I 207 (OE. _lang hām_); _for long ȝore_, a long while, VI 226; _þe long day_, _the l. night ouer_, _al þe woke l._, all day (&c.) long, VI 237, VII 166, XIII _a_ 28 (_cf._ next); tedious, IX 267. [OE. _láng_, _lóng_.]
#Long(e)#, #Lang#, _adv._ a long while, II 335, V 232, VIII _a_ 19, _b_ 84, XV _c_ 19, XVII 244, &c.; after an _advb. gen._, in _hys lyueȝ longe_, _þise dayeȝ longe_, all his life (this day) long, VI 117, 173 (_cf._ prec.); #Leng#, _compar._ longer, II 84; #Lenger(e)#, #Lengar#, I 79, II 330, V 235, XI _b_ 130, XII _b_ 146, XVI 68, 193; _euer þe lenger þe lasse þe more_, the further (you pursue the argument) the less (work) the more (pay), VI 240; #Longer#, XVII 531. [OE. _lónge_, _lánge_; compar. _léng_ (adv.), _lengra_ (adj.).]
#Long(e)#, _v._^1 to long, VII 113; #Langand#, _pres. p._ in _langand es_, longs, IV _a_ 91. [OE. _lóngian_, _lángian_.]
#Long(e)#, _v._^2; _longe to_ (_into_), to belong (to), befit, V 313, XIV _c_ 25, 53; #Longande#, _pres. p._ that belongs, VI 102. [From ME. _(i)long_, adj.; OE. _ge-láng (on)_, dependent (on).] _See_ Bylongeth.
#Longinge#, #-yng#, _n._ longing, VII 119, XV _c_ 24; #Langyng# (_til_), longing (for), IV _a_ 93. [OE. _lóngung_, _lángung_.] _See_ Loue-longinge.
#Longith#, _3 sg. pres._ lengthens, ? beats out long, XV _h_ 17. [From Long, _adj._]
#Lording#, #-yng#, _n._ man of high rank, II 26, 520; sir (as a polite address, _esp._ of minstrel to his audience), II 23, 204. [OE. _hlāfording_.] _See_ Louerd.
#Lordischipes#, #-is#, _n. pl._ lordships, estates, XI _b_ 97, 141. [OE. _hlāford-scipe_.]
#Lore#, _n._ (method of) teaching, XI _a_ 39, XIII _b_ 28. [OE. _lār_.]
#Lore#, #Lorne#, _pp._ of Lese, _v._^1
#Lorel(l)is#, _n. pl._ good-for-nothings, wastrels, XI _b_ 140, 161, 173. [Prob. from prec.] _See_ Loseles.
#Los#, _n._ fame, XIV _c_ 111. [OFr. _los_.]
#Loseles#, _n. pl._ wastrels, VIII _a_ 116. [Prob. from ME. _lose(n)_, variant of _lore(n)_ pp. of Lese, _v._^1] _See_ Lorel(l)is.
#Losengerye#, _n._ lying flattery (of a parasite), VIII _a_ 137. [OFr. _losengerie_.]
#Lossom#, #Lossum#. _See_ Louesum.
#Lost#, _n._ loss, VIII _b_ 101. [Rel. to Lese, _v._^1; cf. OE., ME. _los_.]
#Lote#, _n._ noise, V 143. [ON. _lát_ (pl.), behaviour, noise; _cf._ Bere, _n._^1]
#Loþ#, #Lothe#, _adj._ hateful, I 9; loath, unwilling, XIV _c_ 6. [OE. _lāþ_, adj.]
#Loþe#, _n._ grief, VI 17. [OE. _lāþ_, n.]
#Loþli#, #Loþlich#, _adj._ horrible, II 78; unpleasing, II 461. [OE. _lāþ-lic_.]
#Loud(e)#, _adj._ loud, II 511, XII _a_ 138; _loud or still_, under all circumstances, XIV _b_ 54. [OE. _hlūd_.]
#Loue#, _n._ love, II *12, 55, &c.; #Louue#, XV _a_ 21; #Luf(e)#, I _introd._, IV _a_ 1, 5, XVII 82; with _object. gen._ (as _mi lordes loue_, love for my master), II 518 (note), VIII _a_ 19, 214; _þi loue_, love of thee, VIII _a_ 27; _for loue or ay_, in any event, II 571. [OE. _lufu_.] _See_ Louye.
#Louely#, _adj._ gracious, beautiful, pleasant, VIII _a_ 10, 272, XVI 119. [OE. _luf(e)lic_.] _See_ Luflyly.
#Lou(u)e-longinge#, _n._ unsatisfied love, XV _a_ 9, _c_ 5. [OE. _lufu_ + _lóngung_.] _See_ Longinge.
#Louerd#, _n._ lord, (the) Lord, master, husband, XV _g_ 1, 11, &c.; #Lhord#, III _introd._, 11, 29, 46; #Lord(e)#, II 120, 518, VIII _a_ 19, 272, XII _a_ 157, &c.; #Lordene#, _gen. pl._ VIII _b_ 77. [OE. _hlāford_.]
#Loues#, _n. pl._ loaves, VIII _a_ 278. [OE. _hlāf_.] _See_ Pese-lof.
#Louesum#, #-som#, _adj._ beautiful, lovely, II 111, 460; #Lossom#, #-sum#, XV _b_ 17, _c_ 15; #Lufsoum#, as _sb._, lovely one, VI 38. [OE. _lufsum_.]
#Louȝ#, _pa. t. sg._ laughed, II 314; #Loȝe#, V 321; #Loh# (_on_), smiled (upon), XV _c_ 15. [OE. _hlæhhan_, pa. t. _hlōh_.]
#Louy(e)#, #Louie#, _v._ to love, like, V 27, 31, VIII _a_ 202; #Loue(n)#, II 34, IX 100, 101, XII _a_ 5, &c.; #Luf(e)#, #Luffe#, IV _a_ 4, _b_ 7, V 300, XVI 403, XVII 47, &c.; #Yloued#, _pp._ II 123. [OE. _lufian_.]
#Louyly#, _adj._ ? lawful, VI 205 (note). [OE. _lah-lic_.] _See_ Lawe, _n._^1
#Louyng#, #Lufyng#, _n._^1 love; beloved (one), IV _a_ 5 (note), 56. [From Louye.] _Distinguish_ next.
#Louyng#, _n._^2 praise, IV _a_ 24, XVI 405. [OE. _lofung_.] _Distinguish_ prec.
#Loupe#, _n._ any jewel of imperfect brilliance (_esp._ sapphire, with which it is often joined), IX 116. [OFr. _loupe_.]
#Lowable#, _adj._ praiseworthy, VIII _b_ 109. [OFr. _louable_.]
#Low(e)#, #Law#, _adj._ low, VII 102, X 137, XVII 21; near the bottom, VI 187; lowly, VIII _a_ 223, &c.; _heiȝe and lowe_, all men, XIV _c_ 100; _adv._ low, V 168, XII _b_ 11, &c.; _thus low_, here below, in so lowly a place, XVII 173. [ON. _lág-r_.]
#Low(e)#, _n._ flame, VII 136, 152, 159. [ON. _logi_.]
#Lowe#, _v._ to praise; _to lowe_, praiseworthy, II 12 (MS. Harl.); _cf._ _Sir Gaw._ 1399, and (for idiom) Wale. [OFr. _louer_.] _See_ Allowe.
#Lowsyd#. _See_ Lawse.
#Lowte#, _v._ to bow; _trans._ (but _see_ Þat, _rel._) bow before, reverence, XV _i_ 4; #Lutte#, _pa. t. sg._ bowed, V 187; _refl._ V 168. [OE. _lūtan_, str.]
#Lud#, _n._, in _on hyre lud_, ? in her own language, XV _c_ 4. [? OE. _lēoden_, _lȳden_, language.]
#Lufe#, _n._ palm of the hand, XVII 462. [ON. _lófi_.]
#Luf(f)-#. _See_ Loue-; Louy(e); Louyng, _n._^1
#Luflyly#, _adv._ courteously, V 321; in seemly manner, V 108. [From Louely.]
#Lunatyk#, _adj._ suffering from recurrent fits of insanity (thought to depend on the changes of the moon), IX 93. [L. _lūnāticus_.]
#Lurdans#, _n. pl._ rascals, XVI 102. [OFr. _lourdein_, lazy fellow.]
#Lurnede#, #Lurneþ#. _See_ Lerne.
#Lust#, _n._ pleasure, desire, IV _a_ 16, 59; lust, IV _b_ 17, IX 277. [OE. _lust_.] _See_ Lyste.
#Lustful#, _adj._ pleasure-loving, XI _b_ 256. [OE. _lust-ful_.]
#Lusti#, _adj._ pleasant, VII 15. [From Lust.]
#Lutel#; #Lutte#. _See_ Litel; Lowte.
#Ma#. _See_ Make(n), Fai.
#Maad(e)#, #Mad(e)#, &c. _See_ Make(n).
#Madde#, _adj._ mad, XVI 247. [OE. _(ge-)mǣ̆dd_, pp.]
#Madde#, _v._ to act madly, V 346. [From prec.]
#Magesté#, _n._ majesty, VII 1. [OFr. _majesté_.]
#Magré#. _See_ Maugré, _prep._
#Maȝtyly#, _adv._ powerfully, forcibly, V 194, 222. [OE. _mæhtig-līce_.] _See_ Myȝt(e).
#Mai#, _v. 1_ & _3 pres._ (_ind._ and _subj._), am able to, can, may, may well, have reason to, &c., IV _a_ 31, XII _a_ 66, XIV _c_ 1, &c.; #May(e)#, IV _a_ 6, 36, &c.; #May(e)#, _2 sg._ IV _a_ 20, XVI 173, &c.; #Meist# (= meiht; _see_ Appendix, p. 278), XV _g_ 6; #Miȝt#, #Myȝt(e)#, II 452, VIII _a_ 217, _b_ 35. #Mai#, #May#, _pl._ IV _a_ 61, IX 213, &c.; #Moun#, VI 176; #Mowe#, I 115, VIII _a_ 40, IX 164, &c. #Micht#, #Mycht#, _pa. t._ (_ind._ and _subj._), was able to, could, might, &c., X 17, 139, &c., #Miȝt(e)#, #Myȝt(e)#, I 16, II 221, VIII _a_ 133, XI _a_ 44, _b_ 283, &c.; #Myȝtte#, XI _b_ 30, 103; #Myght(e)#, I 184, IX 276, &c.; #Mihte#, #Myhte#, XII _a_ 16, 75, XIV _c_ 36, &c.; #Moȝt(e)#, VI 67, 115, 119, #Moghte#, IV _b_ 31. [OE. _mæg_ (_meaht_, _miht_, 2 sg.); late pl. _mugon_, subj. _muge_; pa. t. _mihte_ (late _muhte_).]
#Mai#, #May#, _n._^1 maiden, VI 75, XV _a_ 6, 16, _c_ 28, Introduction xii. [ON. _mǽ-r_, gen. _meyj-ar_; cf. OE. _mǣg_, woman (in verse).]
#May#, _n._^2 May, II 57, IV _a_ 57; #May dew#, dew gathered in May (thought to have special properties), IX 63. [OFr. _mai_.] _See_ Deaw.
#Maid(e)#. _See_ Make(n).
#Mayde(n)#, #Maiden#, _n._ maiden, virgin, I 41, II 64, VIII _a_ 323, XV _i_ 7, &c. [OE. _mægden_.]
#Mayll#, #Male#, _adj._ male, IX 58, XVII 152. [OFr. _ma(s)le_.]
#Mayn#, _n._ might, XVII 310. [OE. _mægen_.]
#Mais#; #Maister#. _See_ Make(n); Mister.
#Maysterful#, _adj._ arrogant, VI 41. [From next.]
#Maistre# (#-er#, #-ur#), #Mayster#, _n._ lord, Lord, II 413, VI 102, VII 1, XIII _a_ 2; master, V 22, VIII _a_ 41, 236, 314, XV _h_ 17; _mayster of gramere_, a title, XIII _b_ 27 (_see_ note). [OFr. _maistre_; OE. _mægester_.)
#Maistrie#, #Maystrie#, _n._ mastery, VIII _a_ 323; _for the maystrie_ (OFr. _pour la maistrie_), to the utmost possible degree, IX 233; _pl._ (partly due to OFr. _maistrise_, sg.) in _make maistries_, do a wonderful, mighty (_here_ masterful, high handed) deed, XVI 116, 202, 216, 217. [OFr. _maistrie_.]
#Make#, _n._ mate, XV _b_ 20, _c_ 18, 31, XVII 139. [OE. _(ge)maca_.]
#Make(n)#, #Mak#, _v._ to make, do; (with or without _to_) cause, compel; VIII _a_ 205, 280, IX 120, 206, XIV _b_ 87, &c.; #Ma#, X 14, 167; #Mase#, _3 sg._ IV _a_ 15; #Matȝ#, VI 250; #Mais#, _pl._ X 72; #Man#, VI 152; #Mase#, XIV _b_ 34, XVI 116; #Makes#, #Maketh#, _imper. pl._ VIII _a_ 14, XVI 383. #Mad#, #Made(n)#, _pa. t._ I 39, II 20, VI 179, &c.; #Maid(e)#, X 5, XVII 3 (_2 sg._), 28, &c.; #Maked#, II 329, 498, &c. #Maad(e)#, _pp._ XI _b_ 101, 196, &c.; #Mad#, VI 126, VIII _b_ 74, &c.; #Maid(e)#, X 3, XVII 73, &c.; #Ymad#, III _introd._; #Ymaked#, VIII _a_ 180. _Mad sumoun_, caused (men) to summon (them), VI 179; _makes ioie_, rejoice, XVI 383: _it maketh_, brings it about (that), VIII _a_ 199; _ich made of_, I summed up (as Mn. E. idiom), VIII _b_ 5; _see also_ Dere, Qwart, Ylet, &c. [OE. _macian_; with the reduced forms cf. Taken.]
#Makeleȝ#, _adj._ matchless, VI 75. [OE. _ge-maca_ + _-lēas_.]
#Maker#, _n._ maker, causer, I 204; Creator, VII 1, XVI 2, XVII 1. [From Maken.]
#Makyng(e)#, _n._ building, work, I 183; making, XI _b_ 230. [OE. _macung_.]
#Malais#, _n._ hardship, II 240. [OFr. _malaise_.] _See_ Ese.
#Malice#, #Malis#, _n._ evil purpose, ill-will, VII 177, IX 119, XVI 302. [OFr. _malice_.]
#Malt#, _pa. t. sg._ melted, V 12. [OE. _meltan_, pa. t. _malt_.]
#Man#. _See_ Make(n).
#Man(e)#, #Manne#, _n._ man, mankind, (any)body, one, I 102, II 27, IV _a_ 12, _b_ 62, XVII 236, &c.; #Mon#, V 32, 170, 271 (note), VI 160, &c. _Gen. sg._ (often generic, equiv. to 'human', &c.), #Manes(se)#, II 552, XV _i_ 16; #Mannes#, #-is#, #-ys#, #-us#, III 54, VIII _a_ 234 (note), XI _b_ 113, 114, XII _b_ 139, XVI 246, &c.; #Mans#, in _mans wonder_, monster, XVII 408. #Manne#, _dat. sg._ III 19. #Men(e)#, _pl._ I 32, IV _b_ 9, &c.; #Men(ne)#, #Mene#, _gen. pl._ men's, people's, &c., IV _b_ 69 (footnote), VIII _b_ 29, XIII _b_ 20; #Mennes#, #-ys#, #-us#, I 82, VIII _a_ 96, XI _b_ 119, 192; #Mens#, IV _b_ 50, *69 (footnote). [OE. _man(n)_, _mon(n)_.] _See_ Men, Noman.
#Manaced#, _pa. t._ threatened, VIII _a_ 163; #Mansed#, V 277. [OFr. _manecier_, _manasser_; cf. Comsed, for the reduction.]
#Manans#, _n._ threat, X 72. [OFr. _manace_, with confusion of suffix.]
#Mandeþ#, _3 sg. pres._ sends forth, XV _b_ 16, 25. [OFr. _mander_.]
#Maner(e)#, #Manyere# (III), _n._ (a) manner, way, I 80, X 103, XI _a_ 11, XIII _b_ 30 (without foll. _of_), &c.; _in his manere_, after his fashion, VIII _a_ 104; custom, II 431, XIII _b_ 17, 26; kind, sort, IX 102, 139, &c.; _any (ich) maner_, any (every) kind of, II 364, VIII _a_ 213; with _sg._ form after _al(le)_, _meny_, and numerals (usually without _of_), II 302, III _introd._, VIII _a_ 20, XIII _a_ 37, _b_ 1, 9, &c.; _deuyse, tell, the maner (of)_, describe, IX 264, 268; #Manereȝ#, _pl._ courtesy, *VI 22 (MS. marereȝ). [OFr. _man(i)ere_.]
#Manes(se)#. _See_ Man(e).
#Manfully#, _adv._ manfully, X 117. [From OE. _mann_ + _-full_.]
#Manhode#, _n._ virility, IX 80. [OE. _mann_ + _hād_.]
#Mani(e)#, #Many(e)#, _adj._ many, I 133, II 294, III 41, VIII _a_ 100, &c.; #Meny(e)#, VIII _b_ 36, XIII _a_ 6, &c.; #Moni#, #Mony#, V 201, VI 212, &c.; _mani (moni) a_, &c., many a, II 432, XIV _c_ 68, 92, &c.; (without _a_), I 157 (note), II 520, XVII 355, 436; _many ... fold(e)_, _see_ Fold(e). [OE. _manig_, _menig_, _monig_.]
#Manyere#. _See_ Maner(e).
#Manyfold#, _adj._ many times multiplied, great, XII _b_ 154. [OE. _manig-fáld_.] _See_ Fold.
#Mankyn#, _n._ mankind, XVII 71. [OE. _man-cyn(n)_.]
#Mankunde#, #Mankynde#, _n._ mankind, XIII _a_ 2, XVI 15. [OE. _mann_ + _cýnd_; cf. prec.]
#Mannus#, &c.; #Mansed#. _See_ Man(e); Manaced.
#Mappa Mundi#, _n._ map, _or_ descriptive geography, of the world, IX 301. [Latin; also appears in ME. in Fr. form _mappe-mounde_.]
#Mar#, #Marre#, _v._ to hinder, stop, XVI 116, XVII 129 (_subj._); _marre ... to_, prevent from, XVI 173; to destroy, V 194, XVI 208. [OE. _merran_, hinder, spoil.]
#Marchant#, _n._ merchant, XII _b_ 166. [OFr. _marchand_.]
#Marchaundise#, _n._ commercial dealings, XI _b_ 290. [OFr. _marchandise_.]
#Marches#, _n. pl._ (frontiers), regions, IX 273. [OFr. _marche_.]
#Marche#, _v._; _marcheth_ (_to_, _upon_), borders on, IX 193, XII _a_ 61. [OFr. _marchir_, from prec.]
#Mare#. _See_ Mor(e).
#Maryage#, _n._ marriage; _to Hys m._, as His spouse, VI 54. [OFr. _mariage_.]
#Mark#, _n._ a mark (about 2/3 of a pound, 13_s._ 4_d._), XI _b_ 162. [OE. _marc_, a borrowed word of disputed origin.]
#Marked#, _n._ market-place, VI 153. [Late OE. _marcet_, from ONFr. _market_.]
#Martyrdome#, _n._ martyrdom, I 34. [OE. _martyr-dōm_.]
#Mase#. _See_ Make(n).
#Mased#, _adj._ bewildered, XVI 247. [Cf. OE. _ā-masod_.]
#Masse#, _n._^1 Mass, VIII _a_ 88, XI _b_ 131, &c.; #Messe#, I 8, 69, VI 137, &c. [OE. _mæsse_, _messe_; OFr. _messe_.]
#Masse#, _n._^2 conglomerate mass, IX 44, 46. [OFr. _masse_.]
#Masse-prest#, _n._ (secular) priest, V 40. [OE. _mæsse-prēost_.]
#Mast#. _See_ More, Mor(e).
#Mast#, _n._ mast, X 123, XIV _c_ 49, &c. [OE. _mæst_.]