A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Mantel], sb. mantle, S; mentil, W2.—AF. mantel.

[ Mantelet], sb. a little mantle, C.—OF. mantelet (Cotg.).

[ Mantled], pp. covered, adorned with flowers, S3; i-mantlet, mantled, S.

[ Manye], adj. many, PP; manige, S; maniȝe, S; manie, mani, S; moni, S, S2; mony, S. Comb.: manifeald, manifold, S; manifald, S; manigefold, S; monifald, moniuold, S; manifældlice, manifold, S; monyvolde, S2; monimon, S2; monion, S2; maniȝ-whatt, many a subject, S; manywhat, S2.—AS. manig.

[ Marchaundise], sb. merchandise, traffic, PP; marchaundye, S2.—AF. marchaundise.

[ Marchaunt], sb. merchant, PP; marchantz, pl., S2; marchans, PP.—AF. marchant, merchaunt, OF. marchëant, marcëant (Bartsch); Late Lat. mercatantem, see Brachet.

[ Marche], sb. the month of March, Prompt.; mershe, S2.—Late Lat. marcius (Prompt.); Lat. martius, the month of Mars.

[ Marche], sb. a border of a territory, district, province, PP, Cath. Comb.: march-parti, border-country, S3.—AF. marche.

[ Marchen], v. to border, SD; marcheth to, borders on, S2.

[ Marchen], v. to march, go, PP.—OF. marcher (Cotg.).