Melder, sb. flour, meal just ground. Burns, 127, 113. O. N. meldr, flour, or corn in the mill, Norse melder, wheat about to be ground, or flour that has just been ground, melderlas, a load of wheat intended for the mill, meldersekk, a bag of flour. Cp. Cu. melder, the quantity of meal ground at one time.
Mense, vb. to do grace to. Lyndsay, 529. See mensk, sb. The change of sk to s is characteristic of Sco. See mensk.
Mensedom, sb. wisdom. Psalms, CV, 22. See mensk.
Mensk, mense, sb. proper conduct, more generally honor. Dunbar, T.M.W., 352; Wyntoun, VIII, 42, 143; Burns, 90, 1. O. N. mennska. For discussion of this word see Wall. Deriv. menskless, menskful, menskly.
Midding, mydding, sb. a midden. C.S., 12; Lyndsay, 216, 269. Dan. mödding, older möghdyngh, O. N. mykidyngja, Sw. dial. mödding, Cu. middin.
Mon, man, maun, vb. must, O. N. monu (munu), will, shall, Norse mun, will, but used variously. Dan. monne, mon, as an auxiliary vb. used very much like do in Eng. Sw. mån, Cu. mun. The form of the Sco. word is the same in all persons. So in Norse.
Myth, vb. to mark, recognize. Wallace, V, 664; Douglas, I, 28, 26. O. N. miða, to show, to mark a place, Norse mida, mark a place, mid sb. a mark by which to find a place. O. E. miðan, meant "to conceal, lie concealed," same as O. H.G. midan, vitare, occultare, Germ. meiden, vermeiden, avoid.
Neiris, sb. pl. the kidneys. C.S., 67. O. N. nyra, a kidney, Norse nyra, O. Dan. nyre, Sw. niura, Sw. dial. nyra, M. E. nere. Cp. Sco. eir, an eir, for a neir, as in Eng. augur, an augur, a naugur.
Nevin, vb. to name. Gol. and Gaw., 506; Howlate, II, 3, 7. O. N. nefna, Norse nevna, Dan. nævne, to name, O. E. namnian.