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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Meoc], adj. meek, S; see [Meke].

[ Meocleȝȝc], sb. meekness, S.—Icel. mjúkleikr, nimbleness.

[ Meocnesse], sb. meekness, S; see [Mekenesse].

[ Mercy], sb. mercy, Prompt.; merci, S; mercy, (your) pardon, P.—AF. merci, OF. mercid; Late Lat. mercedem, a gratuity, pity, mercy; in Lat. pay, reward.

[ Mercyable], adj. merciful, C2, PP.

[ Mercyen], v. to thank, PP, S2; mercien, to amerce, fine, PP.—OF. mercier, to thank.

[ Mercyment], sb. amercement, fine, P, Prompt., Cath.—Late Lat. merciamentum.

[ Mere], adj. famous, S; mare, S.—AS. mǽre (mére): Goth. mērs; see Fick (7. 233), and Sievers, 17.

[ Mere], sb. a mare, S2, C, Cath.; meere, Prompt.—AS. mere, f. of mearh, horse; cp. OIr. marc.

[ Mere], sb. limit, boundary, S2; meer, Prompt. Comb.: mere-stane, boundary stone, Cath.—AS. (ge)mǽre.