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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Mel-stan], sb. mill-stone, S; see [Mylle].

[ Melten], v. to melt, PP; molte, pt. s., S3.—AS. meltan, pt. s. mealt (mált), pl. multon, pp. molten.

[ Membre], sb. member, limb, PP.—AF. membre; Lat. membrum.

[ Men], pron. indef. a man, one, people, PP, S2; me, S. See [Man].

[ Mene], adj. common, poor, mean, PP, S3; meane, S.—AS. (ge)mǽne, common.

[ Mene], adj. mean, middle, S2, C3; meyne, Cath. Comb.: menewhile, meanwhile, S2; menewhiles, S2.—AF. mene; OF. meiain (F. moyen); Lat. medianum.

[ Mene], sb. a mean, mediator, PP, HD; meane, S3; menes, pl., means, S2, C3, P. See above.

[ Menen], v. to mean, signify, to intend, PP, S, CM, S2, WA.

[ Menen], v. to remember, H, HD; meyne, B.

[ Menen], v. to complain, lament, bemoan, S2, PP, WA; meyne, B; menys, pr. s., S3; menyt, pt. s., S2; ment S2.—AS. mǽnan, to make moan, complain. See [Mone].