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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Maschen], v. to mash, beat into a confused mass; maschyn (in brewing), Prompt.; meshe, S.—Cp. MHG. meisch; see Kluge.

[ Mase], sb. maze, confusion, a wild fancy, confused throng, P, S2, C.

[ Mased], pp. confused, bewildered, WA, PP, S2, C3.

[ Masednesse], sb. amaze, C2.

[ Maseliche], adv. confusedly, SkD (s.v. maze).

[ Maselin], sb. a kind of drinking-cup, sometimes made of maslin, HD; maselyn, C2. See [Mestling].

[ Massage], sb. message, S3; see [Message].

[ Masse], sb. mass, P; see [Messe].

[ Mast], most, S2; see [Most].

[ Mastilȝon], sb. mixtilio, a mixture of wheat and rye, Cath.; mastlyone, HD (s.v. maslin); mastline, ND; mestlyone, mixtilio, Prompt.—Late Lat. mestillionem, mistilionem, mestilonem, see Ducange (s.v. mixtum), also mixtilionem (Voc.); cp. OF. mesteil (meteil in Cotg.). Cp. Mestling.