MÆn'NES •
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MÆSTEN
†mǽnnes f. community, fellowship, inter-
course, union, Shr : land held in common,
BC 1-597'. [v. 'i-mene']

+mǽnscipe m. community, fellowship :
union,
W24823.

±mænsumian to participate in, have fellow-
ship with : live with, marry : partake of
Eucharist, Æ.

±mǽnsum-nes, -ung f. fellowship, partici-
pation,
Æ.

mænu = menigu
mǽrāc f. boundary-oak, KC3-37929.
mǽran (a) I. (±) to declare, proclaim, cele-
brate, glorify, honour.
II. ( + ) to determine,
fix limits,
WID 42.

mǽrapeldre f. apple-tree forming part of a
boundary,
KC3-3905.

mærbrōc m. boundary-brook, KC.
mærc (l)↔mearc; (2) = mearg
mǽrcnoll m. boundary-knoll, EC445.
mǽrdīc £. boundary-dyke, KG.
mære = (l) mare; (2) mere I.
mǽre I. (ē) famous, great, excellent, sublime,
splendid,
ÆjAOjCP. [cp. Ger. mare,
mārchen] II. pure, sterling (of money).
[v. 'mere' adj.] III. (±, usu. +) boun-
dary, border, Mk, VPs;
Mdf. [' mere' sb. ]

mǽrelsrāp m. ship 's rope, cable, WW.
mæretorht = meretorht; mærgen = morgen
mærh (Cp,Ep), mærh-=mearg, mearh-
mǽr-hege, -haga, -hege m. boundary-]
EC447.

mærhllsa m. notoriety, WW38210.
mǽrian to be distinguished, DHy.
mæringcwudu n. mastic of sweet basil?
LcDlSla.

+mǽrlacu f. boundary stream, EC387.
mǽrlic (ŷ) great, splendid, glorious, famous,
Æ.AO.CP. adv. -lice, Æ.

mærnes f. greatness, honour, fame.
mǽrpul m. boundary-pool, EC445.
mǽrpytt m. pit that forms part of a boundary
(BT), KC.

mærsc = niersc
mǽrsere (ē) m. herald, DR561'.
±mǽrslan (ē) I. to make famous, celebrate,
proclaim, declare, announce,
Æ,CP : cele-
brate : glorify, honour, exalt, praise,
Æ :
spread (of fame): enlarge. II. to mark out,
bound, limit.

mǽrstān m. boundary stone, BC. ['mere-
stone']

mǽrsung (ē) f. fame, report, renown : cele-
bration, festival, Æ : exalting, magnifying
:
(±) magnificence, celebrity.
mǽrsungtlma m. time of glorifying, ÆH

2-36025.
mærð = mearS

mǽrð f. glory, repute, fame : famous exploit,
glorious achievement,
Æ,AO,CP.
mǽrðorn m. boundary-hawthorn, KC.
mǽrðu=mǽrS

mǽrðum (inatr. of mǽrtS) adv. gloriously.
mæru=meara

+mærung? 'consummalio,' RHyō10.
mærw- =mearu-
±mǽrweg m. boundary road, Ct.
mǽrweorc m. noble work, PPsllO4.
mǽrwyll m. boundary stream.
mæsere (ǽ?) f. mesh, WW45010.
mæsen brazen (Earle); of maple (BT), EC
250.

mæslere m. sacristan, GD.
mæsling, mæslen (J/itZ.) =
maessanhaeele = mæssehacele
mæsse (e) f. 'mass,' Eucharist, celebration of
Eucharist, Æ,BH,OET;
CP : special mass
day, festival of the church. [L.
missa]

msesseǽfen m. eve of a festival.
mæsse-bōc f. nap. -bēo 'mass-book,' missal,
LL.

mæssecrēda m. creed said at mass. Nicene
creed.

mæssedæg m. 'mass-day,' festival, Bl.
mæssegierela m. mass-vestment, surplice,
CP8719.

mæssehacele f. moss-vestment, cope, chasuble,
LV40.WW32722.

rnæssehrægl n. vestment, surplice, CP.
rnæsselāc n. mass-offering, host, WW.
rnæsseniht f. eve of a festival.
mæsseprēost m. 'mass-priest,' clergyman,
high priest, Æ,AO ;
CP.

mæsseprēosthād m. office or orders of a mass-
priest,
BH.

mæsseprēostscīr f. district for which a mass
priest officiated,
LL.

mæsserbana m. murderer of a priest, W
16528.

mæssere m. priest who celebrates mass, Az.
['ma&ser']

mæsserēaf n. mass-vestment, Æ.
mæssesang m. office of mass.
mæssesteall m ? seat in a church choir, v. NC
307348.

mæssetld f. time of saying mass, LL(14020).
mæsseðegn m. mass-priest, LL460[5].
msesseðēnung f. service of the mass, celebra-
tion of mass,
All'8.

mæsse-ūhta? m. or -ūhte? n. hour, or
service, of matins on a feast-day,
NC307.

mæssewīn (e) n. wine used at mass, WW.
mæssian (±) to celebrate 'mass,' Æ : ( + )
attend mass.

mæst I. m. (ship's) 'mast,' B;Æ,AO.
II. m. 'mast,' food of swine, acorns, beech-
nuts, BC.

mǽst (a, ē) I. adj. (superl. of micel), AO,
Chr,Bo,Mt. ['most'}
II. adv. mostly, for
the most part, in the greatest degree, chiefly,
especially,
eal m., m. eal almost, nearly.
m. ǽlo nearly every one, Æ,AO,CP. III. n.
most.
±rnæstan to feed with mast, fatten, Æ,CP.

[Ger. māsten]
mæstcyst f. mast-socket, WW.

mæstelberg m. fattened hog, MtL67. [bearg]
mæsten m. mast, pasture for simne.